Skip Navigation

Social History of Medicine 1994 7(3):493-516; doi:10.1093/shm/7.3.493
© 1994 by Society for the Social History of Medicine
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by GREENBERG, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Archives and Sources

Knowledge of the Health Hazard of Asbestos Prior to the Merewether and Price Report of 1930

MORRIS GREENBERG*

* 74 North End Road, London NW11 7SY.

SUMMARY: The first realization of the burden of ill health associated with occupational exposure to asbestos dust, and the need for environmental control, is generally dated from the publication of the results of the survey by Merewether and Price in 1930. A review of the literature and of associated archival material throws a different light on history. There was a wealth of evidence available prior to 1930 that should have led to earlier effective control. The responsibility for this delay must be shared between manufacturers, workers' representatives, the Factory Inspectorate and Scientists involved in the relevant research.

Keywords: asbestosis; pre-1930 history; Britain; France; Canada; United States


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Race ClassHome page
L. Braun
Structuring silence: asbestos and biomedical research in Britain and South Africa
Race Class, July 1, 2008; 50(1): 59 - 78.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Soc Hist MedHome page
R. Johnston and A. McIvor
Marginalising the Body at Work? Employers' Occupational Health Strategies and Occupational Medicine in Scotland c. 1930-1974
Soc Hist Med, April 1, 2008; 21(1): 127 - 144.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Soc Hist MedHome page
I. Lowy
The Social History of Medicine: Beyond the Local
Soc Hist Med, December 1, 2007; 20(3): 465 - 481.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.