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Asbestos is a mineral fiber that has many uses. It can still be found in many types of building materials and insulation products, as well as in chemical filters and brake linings. The actual fiber is so small that it can only be positively identified with a spe ....

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.... the occupational hazards of asbestos dust inhalation. In 1935, there was correspondence between the editor of the trade journal Asbestos and Summer Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan. This correspondence consisted of the editor asking permission to print an article about the dangers of asbestos inhalation. Written on September 25, 1935, the message read Always you have requested that for certain obvious reasons we publish nothing [about the health hazards of asbestos], and naturally your wishes have been respected... By this time, your objections to publicity on this subject have been eliminated and we would like very much to review th ....