Killer dust: a standard mistake?

United Kingdom, 1974

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Episode of Series “World in action”.
Twenty thousand workers in the asbestos industry in Britain alone risk contracting fatal lung diseases - including lung cancer. This film indicates that the safety level is far too low. One solution to the problem may be to abandon some asbestos products.

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Credits

producer

Alan Segal

production company

Granada Television International

Duration

00:27:22:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1974

Appears in

World in action

Group of items

World in action

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

005864

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Great Britain

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Asbestos

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial hygiene

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial safety

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Asbestos

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Asbestosis

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Chronic diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Causes and theories of causation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Industrial hygiene

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lungs - Cancer

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Occupational diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Public health - Great Britain

Television

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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