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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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 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 programs → Television programs - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)