57 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Re: Controlled use of asbestos
…authors argued that controlled use was the latest in a series of corporate misrepresentations of asbestos risk. They examined Union Carbide Corporation's (UCC) claims that Calidria, a chrysotile mined from the Coalinga deposit in California…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Chrysotile biopersistence: the misuse of biased studies
…mesothelioma, and non-malignant lung and pleural disorders, manufacturers and some chrysotile miners' unions contend that chrysotile either does not cause disease or that there is insufficient evidence to reach a conclusion. At the same time…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Asbestos panelists accuse government of misusing science
…world's fifth-largest exporter of chrysotile asbestos. A sidebar reported that, according to court transcripts, panel member David Bernstein had previously been retained by Union Carbide. The article presented no study data of its own.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Cancer incidence among members of the Norwegian trade union of insulation workers
Insulation work has been described as an occupation with high exposure to asbestos. A cohort of members of the Norwegian Trade Union of Insulation Workers (n = 1116), hired between 1930 and 1975, was established. During…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Proportionate mortality among unionized roofers and waterproofers
The United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers (UURWAW) is one of the 15 building and construction trades departments in the AFL-CIO. The U.S. roofing industry, including both roofing and waterproofing applications, both…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Proportionate mortality study of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry
…but not in 1987 or 1995. Despite the limitations of a PMR analysis, study results indicate mortality related to asbestos exposure is, and will continue to be, an area of concern for members of the union.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
A proportionate mortality study of bricklayers and allied craftworkers
Mortality among members of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (IUBAC) is examined. Bricklayers and allied craft workers may be exposed to cobalt, epoxy resins, pitch, lime, and to lung carcinogens such as asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Safety and health of heavy equipment operators at Ground Zero
This report came from the head of an International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) safety and health team that arrived at Ground Zero, the World Trade Center site, on September 17, 2001. The team collected about…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
A cohort study of mortality among Ontario pipe trades workers
…and sprinkler fitters. Increased risk was observed among workers joining the Union as late as the 1970s. A random effects meta-analysis of this study and the two PMR studies found significant increases in oesophageal (RR…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Asbestos disease in Australia: looking forward and looking back
…and practice in Australia and introduced related pieces in the same journal issue. They described the trade union campaign to "Make James Hardie Pay", which ended when James Hardie shareholders approved a compensation fund in February…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Asbestos production increases despite WHO opposition
…asbestos production had not declined despite national bans and World Health Organization (WHO) opposition. It stated that more than 40 countries, including all European Union members, had banned chrysotile (white asbestos), the only form still mined…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Man-made respirable-sized organic fibers: what do we know about their toxicological profiles?
…are identified and some fundamental tenets of fiber toxicology are discussed. In addition, the European Union, in their recent consideration for banning chrysotile asbestos fibers, evaluated some organic fiber substitutes and compared them to the hazards…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Assessing truck driver exposure at the World Trade Center disaster site: personal and area monitoring for particulate matter and volatile organic compounds during October 2001 and April 2002
…as well as area monitoring that was conducted directly on site during October 2001 and April 2002. In cooperation with a local labor union, 54 drivers (October) and 15 drivers (April) were recruited on site to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Free radical activity of natural and heat treated amphibole asbestos
This was a laboratory study of two amphibole asbestos minerals, amosite and crocidolite, using standard reference samples from the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (UICC). No people, animals or cells were studied. The authors calcined (heated…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Participatory mapping of occupational hazards and disease among asbestos-exposed workers from a foundry and insulation complex in Canada
…complex in Sarnia, Ontario. The Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers and the Canadian Auto Workers union did it to support compensation claims. Former workers drew 'hazard maps' of their workplaces from memory. Foundry workers described…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
The phase-out of asbestos in the Australian manufacturing environment
…asbestos workers. The threat of future asbestos exposures remains for maintenance workers. An example is given of the need for continued vigilance of workers and their unions before the manufacturing environment can be relatively asbestos-free.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Human cancer from environmental pollutants: the epidemiological evidence
…to cancer. Using meta-analyses, pooled analyses and selected studies, it estimated attributable cancer cases in the European Union for 2002. For residential asbestos exposure, mainly from outdoor pollution near asbestos mining or manufacturing, a cited…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Protest and survive, the U.K. Construction Safety Campaign: a case study of workers' and victims' family action and legal and regulatory inaction on construction health and safety
The U.K. Construction Safety Campaign, based on grass-roots rank-and-file trade union activity, has both a domestic agenda and a wider sphere with regard to international developments. Using organized protests and media exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Asbestos update
…an Asian Asbestos Conference in Bangkok with delegates from 26 countries, and a European Union awareness campaign launched in September 2006. The last was a mesothelioma research meeting in Chicago with more than 300 attendees from…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Contribution of environmental factors to cancer risk
…other indoor air pollution, and drinking water contaminants such as arsenic. Where possible they estimated case numbers for the 15-country European Union. For asbestos, they tabulated studies of mesothelioma and lung cancer in people exposed…