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A first-person retrospective chapter in which Swetonic, a former Johns-Manville public relations staffer and the first full-time executive director of AIA/NA, recounts the asbestos-health controversy from 1965 to 1973. He describes J-M's health and communications response, the formation of AIA/NA in 1970-71, the EPA and OSHA hearings, and his dealings with Dr. Irving Selikoff. unreviewed
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- Matthew M. Swetonic (Former Director of Environmental Affairs, Johns-Manville Corporation)
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- Johns-Manville Corporation (author's former employer); published in the book Crisis Response
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- Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-94
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Matthew M. Swetonic (Former Director of Environmental Affairs, Johns-Manville Corporation). “Matthew M. Swetonic, "Death of the Asbestos Industry" (Crisis Response chapter).” Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-94. Johns-Manville Corporation (author's former employer); published in the book Crisis Response. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/aia-exhibits/aia-094.
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