Case Study: A Question of Responsibility—Whose Asbestos Caused Her Lung Disease? | NSTA

Case Study: A Question of Responsibility—Whose Asbestos Caused Her Lung Disease?

Journal of College Science Teaching—May/June 2010

This actual lawsuit, tried in 2006 in Madison County, Illinois, provided the inspiration for a case used in a Physical Geology course. The case is used to teach mineralogy as well as touch on the complexities of melding science and policy.

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