After practicing law for over forty years, Martin Ditkof started his journey into the Colorado University History PhD program in 2025. His focus is on environmental history as it overlaps with toxic torts, legal studies, and occupational safety.
Marty blogs weekly on asbestos history at his website www.TheAsbestosBlog.com and authors a column on history in the Global Asbestos Forum Magazine. His three theses for the Master’s Degree involved whether the Challenger tragedy was caused by an asbestos substitute that failed, the impact of asbestos on shipbreaking labors in Bangladesh, and the legacy asbestos waste impacting beach activities and nature in northern Illinois.