A comprehensive investigation into one of today’s greatest health hazards - asbestos. Focuses on 47 year old Alice Jefferson’s fight for her rights and her life. She has mesothelioma’ a fatal asbestos-related disease. She contracted mesothelioma through working in a West Yorkshire factory 30 years ago.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
323659
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Asbestos
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 → Cancer
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)