This book is an anthropological exploration of asbestos pollution, disease and protest.It expands the study of science and society by asking questions about meaning,value and emotions:"we live our lives in the middle of things ".Asbestos,and the associated pollution and disease,have come to mean different things to different people at different times.

This book is an anthropological exploration of asbestos pollution, disease and protest.It expands the study of science and society by asking questions about meaning,value and emotions:"we live our lives in the middle of things ".Asbestos,and the associated pollution and disease,have come to mean different things to different people at different times.