Book review: 'Defending the Indefensible'

Jock McCulloch and Geoffrey Tweedale

Price: £25.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953485-2
Publication date: 24 July 2008
344 pages, Figures & tables, 234x156 mm
Oxford University Press

Reviews

'Even though more than 40 countries have banned asbestos, most of the world's people still live in countries where asbestos use continues and is poorly controlled. This book is an insightful analysis of toxic corporate crime and a cautionary tale for the developing world today from two major contributors to our knowledge of the asbestos industry.' - Barry Castleman, author of Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects, and independent environmental consultant to a range of governmental and non-governmental organizations

'In this fascinating and important new book we learn about the truly international dimensions of the asbestos tragedy and the efforts of an industry to maintain its market in the face of mounting evidence of its dangers. We owe a debt of gratitude to McColloch and Tweedale for a study that pulls together an immense literature and brings to the table new documentation of a world-wide cover-up and continuing tragedy.' - David Rosner, Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and History, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University