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A four-page New Scientist article by Dr Christopher Wagner on the history of asbestos use and of the research into its health hazards, written ahead of the IARC report on asbestos. It covers asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma and the crocidolite findings from South Africa, includes a box summarizing IARC findings, and discusses British dust standards and the New Yorker articles. The last page carries an Asbestos Information Association/North America address stamp. unreviewed
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- Author
- Dr Christopher Wagner (formerly Asbestosis Research Fellow in Johannesburg; member of the scientific staff of the Medical Research Council's Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth, Wales)
- Published by
- New Scientist
- Series
- Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-55
- Number
- Bates 0202560
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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Dr Christopher Wagner. "Disputes on the safety of asbestos." New Scientist.
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From Dr Christopher Wagner (formerly Asbestosis Research Fellow in Johannesburg; member of the scientific staff of the Medical Research Council's Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth, Wales).
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Crocidolite: Blue Asbestos, the Deadliest Type · IARC · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · What is asbestosis.
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This is document AIA-55 of the Asbestos Information Association documents, documents used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits, 4 pages. Production numbers 0202560.
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Dr Christopher Wagner (formerly Asbestosis Research Fellow in Johannesburg, member of the scientific staff of the Medical Research Council's Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth, Wales). “Christopher Wagner, 'Disputes on the safety of asbestos', New Scientist.” Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-55, Bates 0202560. New Scientist. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/aia-exhibits/aia-055.
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