4 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Occupational exposure to flour dust and the risk of head and neck cancer
…cancers, diagnosed between 2001 and 2007, with 762 women and 2745 men randomly selected from the general population as controls. Flour dust exposure was estimated from each person's job history using a job-exposure matrix…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Evaluation of take-home exposure and risk associated with the handling of clothing contaminated with chrysotile asbestos
…weekly). These averages assumed zero asbestos outside the 30 to 45 minutes of each activity. PCM, a general fiber count, read 2 to 50 times higher than TEM, which the authors attributed largely to clothing fibers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Naturally occurring asbestos: a recurring public policy challenge
…and approximately 40% were magnesiohornblende, a non-regulated mineral. An EPA Inspector General report said cleanup in Libby, Montana could not be verified as effective after more than $100 million spent. Dust controls in Fairfax County…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Airborne asbestos in buildings
…microscopy. The buildings that were surveyed were the subject of litigation related to suits alleging the general building occupants were exposed to a potential health hazard as a result the presence of asbestos-containing materials (ACM)…