Archival sources on asbestos and silicosis in Southern
2018年1月18日 It was in South Africa that researchers discovered the connection between asbestos and mesothelioma . The region has also produced chrysotile (white asbestos) from mines in Swaziland, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe mine at Shabanie is
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Asbestos mining in Southern Africa, 1893-2002 - PubMed
2003年9月3日 Asbestos has been mined in Southern Africa for more than a century. Chrysotile from the mines of Swaziland and Zimbabwe was marketed around the globe,
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Assessment of asbestos contamination in soils at rehabilitated and ...
2022年5月5日 Historically, South Africa was the only country to produce the three principal asbestos varieties; two were mined from two main belts, namely the Crocidolite Field
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Assessment of asbestos contamination in soils at rehabilitated and ...
2022年5月5日 PMID: 35236019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127588 Abstract Prior to its termination, asbestos mining in South Africa was centred on the large crocidolite fields
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Asbestos in South Africa Journal of the Southern African Institute
Abstract. After a brief account of the history of asbestos, this paper reviews the types and characteristics of asbestos and its occurrence in the world (mainly the USSR, Canada,
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Asbestos Mining in Southern Africa, 1893–2002 - Taylor Francis
2003年9月3日 Abstract. Asbestos has been mined in Southern Africa for more than a century. Chrysotile from the mines of Swaziland and Zimbabwe was marketed around
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Asbestos Mining in Southern Africa, 1893–2002 - ResearchGate
2003年7月1日 South Africa is unique in that the three main commercial types of asbestos were mined there: chrysotile (white asbestos), amosite (brown asbestos), and
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The Legacy of Asbestos Mining in South Africa. Recent legal claims made by thousands of South African victims of asbestos against multinational asbestos corporations
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Asbestos Mining in Southern Africa, 1893–2002 - Semantic Scholar
History. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. Abstract Asbestos has been mined in Southern Africa for more than a century. Chrysotile from the mines
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Archival sources on asbestos and silicosis in Southern Africa and ...
2018年1月18日 There are special challenges in researching the history of asbestos mining, gold mining, and occupational disease in Southern Africa. With the exception of Botswana, the regional archives lack funding and skilled staff, and the indexing is often idiosyncratic. Without patience and time, it is easy to miss important material.
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Beating the Odds: The Quest for Justice by South African Asbestos ...
Prieska is a small town on the southern bank of the Orange River which for over a century was the centre of asbestos mining in the northern Cape. Asbestos was first blended at Prieska in 1927 and from 1930 to 1957 a succession mills were built in the town to process ore from nearby mines. The mill was the town's largest building and
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Surviving blue asbestos: mining and occupational disease in
2007年12月31日 Abandoned asbestos mine dumps continue to have an effect on human health notwithstanding the banning of asbestos mining in South Africa in 2002. Asbestos mine dumps, especially non-rehabilitated ...
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Mining : Responding to a Public Health Catastrophe Part I: Series
Southern Africa, the head of the snake is here in Southern Africa. People come from all over the Southern African Development Community to work in our mines and export TB and HIV, along with their earnings. If we want to kill a snake, we need to hit it on its head" (5). Why does mining activity continue to cause such a high burden of disease?
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Women Mining Asbestos in South Africa, 1893-1980: Journal of Southern
2010年8月4日 According to the Department of Mines records, the mining companies, and the few historians who have written on the subject, female workers had disappeared from the industry by 1955. In fact, until the 1980s, females comprised up to half of asbestos mine workers in South Africa, in an example of a contemporary mining industry dependent
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Beating the odds: The quest for justice by South African asbestos ...
2007年1月23日 In March 2003 a small community group, ‘The Concerned People Against Asbestos (CPA)’ based at Prieska in the Northern Cape, won a court case in a foreign country. That case may change the way in which multinational corporations behave in the developing world. Until now the hidden costs of mining in Southern Africa have been
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Turner Newall - Wikipedia
Turner Newall was a manufacturing business based in Manchester, United Kingdom.At its peak, it was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange.As part of their business, the company was one of the first to industrialise asbestos, and its eventual demise in 2001 left an aftermath of asbestos litigation.
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When Social Movements Bypass the Poor: Asbestos Pollution ...
1 J. McCulloch, 'Beating the Odds: The Quest for Justice by South African Asbestos Mining Communities' (unpublished paper, n.d.), p. 1. ISSN 0305-7070 print; 1465-3893 online/07/030577-24? 2007 The Editorial Board of the Journal of Southern African Studies DOI: 10.1080/03057070701475591. 578 Journal of Southern African Studies
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DOUBLE STANDARDS: THE MULTINATIONAL ASBESTOS INDUSTRY AND ASBESTOS ...
workers. It was also British firms that were most active in the South African asbestos mining industry. Asbestos therefore provides an excellent case study of the behavior of multinationals in a major industry. This is more than merely academic interest: it also impinges on contemporary legal, political, and social issues (8).
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Rehabilitation of asbestos mining waste: a Rehabilitation ...
2008年3月5日 The much publicised problem with major asbestos pollution and related health issues in South Africa, has called for action to be taken to negate the situation. The aim of this project was to establish a prioritisation index that would provide a scientifically based sequence in which polluted asbestos mines in Southern Africa ought to be
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Asbestos-Related Disease in South Africa - PMC - National
Davies et al.,“Asbestos-related lung disease among women;” Jock McCulloch, “Women mining asbestos in South Africa, 1893–1980, Journal of Southern African Studies 29 (2003): 413–432. [Google Scholar]
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Asbestos Mining and Occupational Disease in Southern ... - DeepDyve
2003年1月1日 Asbestos has been mined in Zimbabwe since 1915 with the British company Turner Newall (TN) dominating the industry for most of its history. From 1930 TN was subject to health‐and‐safety regulations in its British factories but chose not to apply such measures to reduce the risks to its African workforce. Conditions on the
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Asbestos - Wikipedia
Industrial scale asbestos mining began in 1878 in Thetford township, Quebec. By 1895, ... No. 12001-28-4, commonly known as blue asbestos, is the fibrous form of the amphibole riebeckite, found primarily in
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Conclusion: Records, Bodies and Contested Justice
2023年3月21日 The conclusion draws together the main themes of the book and brings the story of the miners’ class action up to date. For most of the twentieth century, gold mining dominated South Africa’s economy. Through their extensive use of migrant labour, the industry helped shape the economies—and populations—of the southern half of the
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Challenges and strategies of abandoned mine rehabilitation in
2019年8月1日 The asbestos mining industry in Canada shut down in 2012, ... Until now the hidden costs of mining in Southern Africa have been paid for by labour.
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Asbestos Mining and Occupational Disease in Southern
2003年2月1日 Download Citation Asbestos Mining and Occupational Disease in Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, 1915-98 Mining has been one of the mainstays of southern African economies for over a century. Its ...
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International Ban Asbestos Secretariat. Asbestos Profile: South Africa . by Laurie Kazan-Allen (Updated May 2018) The mining of asbestos, which began in South Africa in 1895, continued for more than 100 years; the commercial exploitation of chrysotile, crocidolite and amosite played a key role in the industrial development of the North Eastern Transvaal
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2021年2月8日 Copper mining in the DRC. The DRC is the top copper producer in Africa, and the fourth largest copper producer globally. In 2019, the DRC’s copper mine production totaled 1.3 million metric tons ...
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Asbestos Mine Locations List of principal asbestos ore locations
Asbestos Ore Deposits Mining in Great Britain. The manufacture of asbestos products is a major industry in Great Britain. The principal source of asbestos is Africa. There are relatively no domestic deposits in the British Isles. Asbestos Ore Deposits Mining in South Africa. The three important varieties of asbestos are found in this area.
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Asbestos-Related Disease in South Africa AJPH Vol. 96 Issue 8
2011年11月3日 South Africa was the third largest exporter of asbestos in the world for more than a century. As a consequence of particularly exploitative social conditions, former workers and residents of mining regions suffered—and continue to suffer—from a serious yet still largely undocumented burden of asbestos-related disease. This epidemic has
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