The temporalities of asbestos mining and community activism

Mazzeo, Agata

doi:10.1016/j.exis.2018.02.004

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“…According to the opinions of former workers who were interviewed, even after the law that controlled the use of chrysotile asbestos and outlawed amphiboles asbestos in 1995, parties affected by the law did not always adhere to it. 13,16 According to the Health Ministry's most recent epidemiological data, between 2011 and 2017, more than 700 Brazilians suffered and died from ARD. Underreporting is still a major concern, which makes it difficult to acknowledge asbestos as a public health risk.…”

Section: Starting Point: Asbestos In Brazilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scientific Misconduct in Asbestos-related Occupational Health Studies: A Literature Review on the Impact of Intellectual Dishonesty to Scientific Research

Pradnyaparamitha

Zulkarnain

Basrowi

2023

IJCOM

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Introduction: The asbestos industry actively tries to delay adequate asbestos protection regulation in workplaces by systematic manipulation and scientific misconduct. This research aims to compile several of their efforts throughout the years to study their efforts and prevent them. Methods: A literature review was conducted to explore instances of scientific misconduct in occupational health studies related to asbestos in November 2022. The sources were taken from Google Scholar and PubMed. From the entire search, 6 relevant studies were reviewed. Results: Throughout the world, the asbestos industry has been responsible for delays in adequate asbestos regulations. Several systematic scientific misconduct regarding asbestos use happened in 1930s United States, as well as fraudulent research regarding asbestos in early 2000s Brasil. Scientific misconducts can directly influence the direction of occupational health research involving asbestos exposure, resulting in delays in adequate regulation implementation.Conclusions: The dangers of asbestos to workers exposed is already firmly established. The asbestos industry has been deliberately manipulating scientific data to sway corporate and public views to prolong the viability of asbestos production and daily use. They achieved this using industry-backed scientific discourse, direct manipulation of research data, as well as direct manipulation of research data publication.

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Section: Starting Point: Asbestos In Brazilmentioning

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Scientific Misconduct in Asbestos-related Occupational Health Studies: A Literature Review on the Impact of Intellectual Dishonesty to Scientific Research

Pradnyaparamitha

Zulkarnain

Basrowi

2023

IJCOM

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“…Since the seventies, scientists have been concerned with a massive underreporting (Nogueira et al, 1975). Even after the law that regulated the use of chrysotile asbestos and banned amphiboles asbestos in 1995, the exposure did not follow the regulation in many places, according to the voices of ex-workers interviewed (Amaral, 2020; Mazzeo, 2018; Silveira, 2018). The most recent epidemiological data from the Health Ministry revealed that more than 700 people died of ARD in Brazil between 2011 and 2017 (Brazil, 2020).…”

Section: Starting Point: Asbestos In Brazilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Crime and the Use of Science in the Case of Asbestos: Producing Harm Through Discursive Shields

Budó

2020

Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime

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This article focuses on the normalization of victimization and harms caused by asbestos, a carcinogenic mineral fiber. To understand the role played by science in hiding the wounds and deaths caused by corporations, the article starts presenting the example of Brazil, where scientific discourse of foreign experts with industry ties are influencing regulation. From there, I examine the disputes for truth in six different medical journals through grounded theory. The results show that authors use some strategies to achieve credibility: avoiding to acknowlegde industry funding; constructing a specific meaning for the controversy about asbestos risks; and reflecting about the consequences os research misconducts. The ways of thinking about asbestos riks and harms are migrating through the international division of scientific labor, both to spread harm and to avoid liability of powerful agents.

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“…The main sectors that affect environmental security are natural resourceintensive developments such as: large-scale public infrastructure initiatives; real estate development projects; animal farming; and mining businesses (e.g., in the mining sector, Sandlos & Keeling, 2016 ;Mazzeo, 2018 ;. All these activities directly affect the natural environment, including animals, which can intersect with, and compound, pre-existing social and economic inequalities.…”

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Eco-activism and Social Work

2019

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Social workers are called upon to shift from a human-centric bias to an ecological ethical sensibility by embracing love as integral to their justice mission and by extending the idea of social justice to include environmental and species justice. This book presents the love ethic model as a way to do eco-justice work using public campaigns, research, community arts practice and other nonviolent, direct action strategies. The model is premised on an active and ongoing commitment to the eco-values of love, eco-justice and nonviolence for the purpose of upholding the public interest. The love ethic model is informed by the stories of eco-activists who used nonviolent actions to address ecological issues such as: pollution; degradation of the environment; exploitation of farm animals; mining industry overriding First Nation Peoples' land rights; and human health and social costs related to the natural resource industries, private land developments and government infrastructure projects. Informed by practice insights by activists from a range of eco-justice concerns, this innovative book provides new directions in social work and environmental studies involving transformational change leadership and dialogical group work between interest groups. It should be considered essential reading for social work students, researchers and practitioners as well as eco-activists more generally.

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The temporalities of asbestos mining and community activism

Cited by 24 publications

References 36 publications

Scientific Misconduct in Asbestos-related Occupational Health Studies: A Literature Review on the Impact of Intellectual Dishonesty to Scientific Research

Scientific Misconduct in Asbestos-related Occupational Health Studies: A Literature Review on the Impact of Intellectual Dishonesty to Scientific Research

Corporate Crime and the Use of Science in the Case of Asbestos: Producing Harm Through Discursive Shields

Eco-activism and Social Work

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