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0:00 A Weavable Rock
9:41 The Asbestos Boom
13:06 What Does Asbestos Do To Humans?
16:57 The Doctor Who Exposed Asbestos
21:59 The Asbestosis Cover-Up
28:36 Where Is Asbestos Found?
33:18 How Did Asbestos Get Everywhere?
39:55 What Counts As Asbestos?
42:30 Asbestos Surrounds Las Vegas
47:56 When Was Asbestos Banned?
51:54 Should You Be Worried?
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A huge thanks to Sean Fitzgerald, Brenda Buck and Rodney Metcalfe for lending so much of their time and expertise to this video, and for all their work raising public awareness.
And to Jean Pfau, Michael Bowker, Barry Castleman and Jonathan Bennion for their invaluable insight and guidance, helping us ensure we told this story accurately.
Check out Jonathan Bennion’s videos from the Human Anatomy Institute here. Look out for his upcoming video on Asbestos - youtube.com/@theanatomylab
Michael Bowker’s book was a great resource - https://ve42.co/BowkerFatalDeception
Graham Gould and Ross Fielding from Thermal Recycling provided valuable feedback on the mineralogy of asbestos. Find out more about how they’re tackling legacy asbestos here - https://ve42.co/ThermalRecycling
John Richards from Thames Laboratories really helped us to understand the actual risks of asbestos in existing buildings - https://ve42.co/ThamesLabs
We’re very grateful to many researchers who also lent us their time and helped us to understand the core science behind asbestos, including Guillermo Rein, Ashley Howkins, and Brooke Johnson, whose YouTube channel can be found here - youtube.com/@geologyjohnson7700
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Research and visual references can be found here - https://ve42.co/AsbestosRefs
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Writers: Emilia Gyles, Gregor Čavlović, Casper Mebius & Derek Muller
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Editor: Jonny Lennard
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