323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
Serpent in the rock -- A plague of epic proportions -- Libby's deadly fields -- The disease of slaves -- Following the toxic trail -- 1940-1980: the cover-up -- Death by millions of cuts -- Justice denied -- 1980-2002: political failures -- A legal reckoning -- The EPA lands in Libby -- Why asbestos remains America's most lethal secret -- A town divided -- Targeting Third World markets -- Bankruptcies and the cowardly lion -- Cover-up at Ground Zero? -- The $500 million silver bullet -- Toward banning asbestos.