Visual Culture and Health Posters
- Title:
- Justice Today for Better Health Tomorrow
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- Description:
- This poster uses the images of a retired shipyard worker and a small child to illustrate the widespread effects of asbestos on health. Clutching young J. Alesandro Kendall in one arm and a hard hat bearing the union president's title and a sticker for "Solidarity Day" in the other, Paul Safchuck is identified as an asbestosis sufferer. The three generations in Alesandro's father's family were similarly exposed to toxic substances. The poster suggests only time will tell whether young Alesandro will develop asbestosis or asbestos-caused cancer. In the quote below the photo, Safchuck suggests that we can prevent future tragedies "by making the poisoners accountable for their crime through the courts." By proclaiming, "Justice today for better health tomorrow," the poster correlates the irresponsibility of the asbestos industry with the persistent threat to the health of future generations.
- NOTE: Original slide of poster image is slightly blurry.
- Number of Image Pages:
- 1 (661,555 Bytes)
- Date Supplied:
- ca. 1987
- Creator:
- White Lung Association
- Source:
- Original Repository: The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.
- This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).
- URL: http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/
- IHM Order Number: A025603
- Publisher:
- White Lung Association
- Rights:
- Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division.
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- Subject:
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- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
- Asbestos
- Public Health
- Visual Culture and Public Health Keywords:
- Asbestos
- Exhibit Category:
- Environmental Health
- Unique Identifier:
- VCBBCY
- Document Type:
- Posters
- Slides (photographs)
- Language:
- English
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- image/tif
- Physical Condition:
- Good
- Metadata Last Modified Date:
- 2004-08-13
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