Archival sources on asbestos and silicosis in Southern Africa and Australia
Archival sources on asbestos and silicosis in Southern Africa and Australia
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关于南部非洲和澳大利亚石棉和硅肺病的档案来源
DOI：
10.1057/s41271-017-0110-z
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
McCulloch, Jock
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作者：
McCulloch, Jock
采矿业一直是大多数南部非洲经济的基础。该行业的社会影响也是深远的：它通过一个波动的移民系统将该地区联系起来，男子在不同的金矿或石棉矿工作一段时间。在20世纪，南非生产了世界上大部分的黄金和几乎所有的青石棉（蓝色）和铁石棉（棕色石棉）。在南非，研究人员发现了石棉和间皮瘤之间的联系[1]。该区域还从斯威士兰、博茨瓦纳和津巴布韦的矿场生产温石棉（白色石棉）。津巴布韦Shabanie矿预计将在不久的将来重新开放。研究南部非洲石棉开采、金矿开采和职业病的历史面临着特殊的挑战。除博茨瓦纳外，各区域档案馆缺乏资金和熟练工作人员，索引编制往往很特殊。没有耐心和时间，很容易错过重要的材料。在少数民族统治时期，南非的档案被政治化。特别是黄金开采业，决定了哪些材料被保存，哪些被丢弃。下面我将讨论迄今为止难以访问的档案，但现在所有希望看到这些收藏品中的文件的人都将通过他们在Toxicological的存在得到帮助[2]。
Mining has been the foundation of most Southern African economies. The industry’s social impact has also been profound: it connected the region through a system of oscillating migration, with men working for periods at different gold or asbestos mines. During the twentieth century, South Africa produced most of the world’s gold and virtually all of its crocidolite (blue) and amosite (brown asbestos). It was in South Africa that researchers discovered the connection between asbestos and mesothelioma [1]. The region has also produced chrysotile (white asbestos) from mines in Swaziland, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe mine at Shabanie is expected to re-open in the near future. There are special challenges in researching the history of asbestos mining, gold mining, and occupational disease in Southern Africa. With the exception of Botswana, the regional archives lack funding and skilled staff, and the indexing is often idiosyncratic. Without patience and time, it is easy to miss important material. During minority rule, South Africa’s archives were politicized. The gold mining industry, in particular, dictated which materials were saved and which discarded. Below I discuss the archives that have hitherto been difficult to access, but now all those who want to see documents from the collections will be aided by their presence in ToxicDocs [2].
ToxicDocs (www.ToxicDocs.org)：从埋藏在纸堆中的历史到开放、可搜索的在线档案
影响因子：
3.8
作者：
Rosner, David;Markowitz, Gerald;Chowkwanyun, Merlin
通讯作者：
Chowkwanyun, Merlin