Asbestos And Fire
Subtitle: Technological Trade-offs And The Body At Risk
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: May 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780813535753
Subjects: Ceramics & glass technology; Technology; Fireproofing; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Environmental Science; History; Asbestos
First sentence: The American perception of risk in the opening years of the twenty-first century has been significantly altered and reshaped by the events of September 11, 2001, and by the less deadly but still frightening episodes of Oklahoma City in 1995 and the World Trade Center in 1993.