Lessons learnt from a factory fire with asbestos-containing fallout
Author(s) -
Stephen Bridgman
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/21.2.158
Subject(s) - asbestos , public health , government (linguistics) , environmental health , environmental planning , business , factory (object oriented programming) , environmental protection , geography , medicine , nursing , linguistics , philosophy , materials science , computer science , metallurgy , programming language
Fallout containing asbestos from a factory fire at Tranmere, Wirral, England, landed on a highly populated urban area with an estimated 16000 people living in the area worst affected, which included a shipbuilding community. There was considerable public concern over the health impact of the acute environmental incident, and great media interest.
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