Widespread use of asbestos over the last century has left a terrible legacy of lung disease. Doctors knew of the health risks long ago, but almost nothing was done to protect workers and the public. Some aspects of nanotechnology may have risks similar to asbestos.
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Rights, Corporate Responsibility”, 2000, Pluto Press Australia.
[2] “Thank You For Smoking”, 2006, Jason Reitman (director).
[3] Autopsy conducted by Dr H.M.Murray at Charing Cross Hospital.
[4] Merewether & Price, “Report on the Effects of Asbestos Dust on the
Lungs and Dust Suppression in the Asbestos Industry”, UK Home
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[5] Medical Journal Of Australia, March 1932.
[6] Doll, “Mortality from Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers”, 1953, British
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[7] Wagner & Sleggs, “Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos
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[8] Newhouse & Thompson, “Mesothioma of Pleura and Peritoneum
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[9] Cited in Haigh, “Asbestos House”, 2006, Scribe, p.95.
[10] Haigh, op. cit., p.44.
[11] One such mesothelioma victim was a Governor of New South Wales,
Rear Admiral Sir David Martin.
[12] http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25343706-
23289,00.html.
[13] http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/no-needles-in-a-nanouniverse-
20090422-affk.html.
[14] http://www.aibn.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=44481.
[15] http://profiles.bacs.uq.edu.au/Michael.Monteiro.html.
[16] http://www.gardasil.com/.
[17] http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Nanotechnology/Pages/
NationalNanotechnologyStrategy.aspx
[18] http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Nanotechnology/Pages/National
NanotechnologyStrategy.aspx
[19] http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v3/n7/abs/nnano.2008.111.html
[20] http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=1191
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082-03-13-911-20090324IPR52497-23-03-2009-2009-
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http://nano.foe.org.au/node/286.</p>
<p>[1] Hinkley, “Developing Corporate Conscience” in Rees & Wright, Human
Rights, Corporate Responsibility”, 2000, Pluto Press Australia.
[2] “Thank You For Smoking”, 2006, Jason Reitman (director).
[3] Autopsy conducted by Dr H.M.Murray at Charing Cross Hospital.
[4] Merewether & Price, “Report on the Effects of Asbestos Dust on the
Lungs and Dust Suppression in the Asbestos Industry”, UK Home
Office.
[5] Medical Journal Of Australia, March 1932.
[6] Doll, “Mortality from Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers”, 1953, British
Journal of Industrial Medicine.
[7] Wagner & Sleggs, “Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos
Exposure in the North Western Cape Province”, April 1960, British
Journal of Industrial Medicine.
[8] Newhouse & Thompson, “Mesothioma of Pleura and Peritoneum
Following Exposure to Asbestos in the London Area, 1965, British
Journal Of Industrial Medicine.
[9] Cited in Haigh, “Asbestos House”, 2006, Scribe, p.95.
[10] Haigh, op. cit., p.44.
[11] One such mesothelioma victim was a Governor of New South Wales,
Rear Admiral Sir David Martin.
[12] http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25343706-
23289,00.html.
[13] http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/no-needles-in-a-nanouniverse-
20090422-affk.html.
[14] http://www.aibn.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=44481.
[15] http://profiles.bacs.uq.edu.au/Michael.Monteiro.html.
[16] http://www.gardasil.com/.
[17] http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Nanotechnology/Pages/
NationalNanotechnologyStrategy.aspx
[18] http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Nanotechnology/Pages/National
NanotechnologyStrategy.aspx
[19] http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v3/n7/abs/nnano.2008.111.html
[20] http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=1191
[21] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/067-52498-
082-03-13-911-20090324IPR52497-23-03-2009-2009-
false/default_en.htm
[22] http://www.theage.com.au/national/unions-call-for-action-to-overseenanotechnology-
20090413-a4ts.html
[23] http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/35d
[24] 2e3e37498a908ca2574f1000301bb/$FILE/Final%20Report%20Oct.pdf
http://nano.foe.org.au/node/286.</p>
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