2 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Chrysotile biopersistence in the lungs of persons in the general population and exposed workers
…form, with both fibers and fibrils > 5 microns in length. Comparison of the lung fiber content of occupationally exposed persons with that of the general population showed marked qualitative and quantitative differences. Fibers are durable…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Rapporteur's Report Session 6: risk assessment of asbestos and other fibrous mineral particulates
…mesothelioma reported that 2 of 2907 deaths in taconite worker cohorts (0.07%) were from mesothelioma, compared with 0.17% of deaths among US males in the general population. The rapporteurs compared two studies of Libby…