He also wrote about the dangers of household detergents, the depletion of the ozone layer, microwave radiation and electromagnetic fields from power lines.
[1][2] In 1968, he wrote his first long article for the magazine called “The Magic Mineral,” which detailed the history of asbestos, which could be found in thousands of products at the time, and its link to cancer among those that worked with the material, which caused many to die of mesothelioma.
He wrote about its used in the insulation of buildings, the grave dangers it posed even as dust on people’s clothes, and how officials in the industry tried to keep the asbestos on the market.
Brodeur's short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, and Show Magazine.
In retirement, he lived in a modernist house filled with art on the northern tip of Cape Cod and regularly went fishing.
[4][5] Paul Brodeur died in Hyannis, Massachusetts on August 2, 2023, at the age of 92, following complications from pneumonia and hip replacement surgery.