Asbestos: from magic mineral to killer dust

Ken Donaldson


Organisation:
Surgeon's Hall Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Region:
Eastern Scotland
Notice Period:
Regular (more than one month's notice)
Type:
Professional (scientist)
Fee:
Expensed
Category:
Health
Updated:
15th February 2024
Tagged:
Asbestos | History

By the mid-20th century asbestos mineral was to be found in buildings and products permeating our lives. However, in doing so the dust it released into the air caused waves of disease in the miners who mined it, the factory workers who turned it into a dizzying array of product and then in the builders who installed it in buildings and later on stripped it out. This talk describes how this came about.

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About Ken Donaldson

Retired Professor of Respiratory Toxicology , University of Edinburgh/ experimental pathologist. Currently Senior Research Fellow in the Surgeon's Hall Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Have carried out research into the history of medicine and occupational disease in 19th century Edinburgh/UK. I have given thousands of lectures in the UK and abroad,


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