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Asbestos in World War II and Asbestos-Containing Pipe: Boy, was I Ignorant

As many of you know, I have my oral defense of my three theses on October 4th and am working to be fully prepared and ready to go. When done, I start looking at PhD programs in history related to toxic minerals in the workplace. Looking at my blogs, I really messed up not doing…
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Asbestos 1, Nazi Germany 0, and the Brits Keeping Score: Asbestos made a Difference.

The British government, and particularly its Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, analyzed the German Asbestos Industry right after World War II and concluded that “The technical development of the German asbestos industry has been retarded during the war by the shortage of raw materials.” In summary, it made a difference. Rather than me read the pages to…
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The Human Tragedy of Asbestos: October 22, 1981.

October 22, 1981 is when my dad passed away from Mesothelioma, likely arising from asbestos exposure during World War II while in the Navy. My understanding is that, in his agony, my mom may have used an especially heavy thumb on the morphine feeding machine that day. If she was able to muster that amount…
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