4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
Asbestos awareness among the residents of St. Kitts and Nevis: a cross-sectional study
…knowledge, and attitudes toward asbestos management. We found that 70% of residents of St. Kitts and Nevis considered asbestos exposure to be a general public concern and believed the government should prevent it. Of all participants…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
The case for a global ban on asbestos
…cancer and mesothelioma. They described industry-sponsored "product defense" science. They cited a court document stating that General Motors, Ford and Chrysler paid almost $37 million between 2001 and 2008 to scientist-consultants. They reported that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Health effects of asbestos and nonasbestos fibers
…different fiber types. Mechanistic studies continue to provide a window into pathogenesis and some hope for understanding dose-response relationships at the lower levels seen in contemporary Western workplaces and the general environment. Changes in clinical…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
The Current Understanding Of Asbestos-Induced Epigenetic Changes Associated With Lung Cancer
…epigenetic changes from those due to non-asbestos causes of lung cancer. Asbestos-associated lung cancers exhibit less methylation variability than lung cancers in general, and in a large proportion of samples variability has been found…