Japan's ignored asbestos fiasco

Book looks into Japan's long-ignored asbestos fiasco (The Japan Times)
The United States and Europe were aware of the health dangers of asbestos in the 1960s and started efforts to halt its use and remove the carcinogen from ships and structures, but Japan apparently ignored the warnings and did nothing. The new book "Why Did the Asbestos Disaster Spread?" published by Nippon-Hyoron-Sha Co., attempts to look at the disaster that unfolded in Japan and why the asbestos problem was swept under the rug, er tatami.