263 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 13 of 14
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Beta-Carotene, vitamin A, and lung cancer chemoprevention: results of an intermediate endpoint study
…of 755 people in Texas with documented occupational asbestos exposure. They were former workers from a Tyler manufacturing plant and members of pipe fitters and insulation workers unions. The treated group (378 people) took 50 mg…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Difficulties of attribution of effect in workers exposed to fiberglass and asbestos
This study examined 175 workers from a rotary spun fiberglass plant in production since 1947. They were invited through their unions. The workers had chest X-rays, lung function tests, questionnaires and chest examinations. Of these…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Low Wages as Occupational Health Hazards
…on large, typically national, data sets and statistical models that use either instrumental variables or natural experiments and also account for other family income. Finally, we draw implications for laws governing minimum wages and labor unions.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
How Canada Changed from Exporting Asbestos to Banning Asbestos: The Challenges That Had to Be Overcome
…to announcing a ban. The author described how the Quebec asbestos industry had the support of governments, political parties and trade unions, and how no Quebec or Canadian asbestos victims organization existed. The article recounted actions…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
History of Asbestos Ban in Hong Kong
…NGOs), labor unions and patients' self-help organizations demonstrated a more aggressive and proactive attitude than the HK government and have played a key role in the development of asbestos banning policy in HK. After numerous…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1980
Asbestos and lung cancer: the clinicians' questions
…Doctors are increasingly asked to interpret scientific evidence for patients, families, co-workers, unions, employers, the public and courts of law, sometimes facing legal questions such as in which year it was known that asbestos causes…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Dangerous and cancer-causing properties of products and chemicals in the oil refining and petrochemical industry: Part V--Asbestos-caused cancers and exposure of workers in the oil refining industry
…mailed a questionnaire on asbestos use, disposal and handling to Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers local unions representing many oil companies. The article does not say how many unions replied. About 400 bulk samples from one…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Banning asbestos in Asia: campaigns and strategies by the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV)
…Victims (ANROAV), a network of victims' groups, labor NGOs, trade unions and labor activists. Citing other sources, the author wrote that Asian countries accounted for about 60% of global asbestos consumption in 2000, mostly chrysotile used…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Shooting the messenger: the vilification of Irving J. Selikoff
…meeting that sought a medical man "capable of standing off Dr. Selikoff." The authors wrote that his research division did not depend on unions for money, that he never testified in litigation after the early 1970s…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Asbestos: old foe in 21st century developing countries
…asbestosis, although at least two locally contracted cases were known from an earlier study. In workplace workshops they ran with Jamaican trade unions, less than 20% of participants were somewhat aware of published asbestos information. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Greater public awareness of health hazards of asbestos exposure
…1,500 adults 8 questions. The surveys bracketed a public awareness campaign about the dangers of asbestos exposure that federal departments, labor unions and employers launched in August 1978 through television, radio, magazine advertisements and other…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Abnormal pulmonary function associated with diaphragmatic pleural plaques due to exposure to asbestos
…most of them members of boilermakers', pipefitters', metal, or chemical unions. Their mean age was just over 60, with over 30 years of asbestos exposure. Results for 21 non-smokers and 43 current smokers were compared…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Public health advocacy strategies to influence policy agendas: lessons from a narrative review of success in trade policy
…and a coalition of asbestos victims, health NGOs, trade unions and health experts. The review called this ban Canada's in one passage and Quebec's in another. The authors concluded that technical evidence is important…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) and its influence on international organizations
…particularly in regard to asbestos and other fibers and some chemicals and pesticides. Many ICOH members are employees of corporations or consultants to industry, serving multinational corporate interests to influence public health policy in the guise…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Asbestosis, pulmonary symptoms and functional impairment in shipyard workers
A group of 339 male shipyard workers responded to an invitation via shipyards, unions, and news media to be studied for the presence of asbestosis and its functional effects. Of these, 288 were white or black…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Asbestos Program 1987-1992
In 1987-1992, the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) implemented a nationwide asbestos program aimed at preventing asbestos-related risks in good cooperation with governmental authorities, industry, trade unions, the health care and insurance systems…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Experience of Japan in Achieving a Total Ban on Asbestos
…without deliberation. Wide support for such a ban subsequently grew, however, largely due to the actions of trade unions and civil societies in establishing a coalition, raising awareness, organizing asbestos victims and their families, and propagating…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Controversies at international organizations over asbestos industry influence
…of asbestos use and public health implications. In recent years these efforts have been met with international opposition from scientists, governments, unions, and environmental groups, and a pattern of improprieties, often involving the same individuals and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Evaluation of the national health surveillance program of workers previously exposed to asbestos in Spain (2008)
…Vigilancia de la Salud de los Trabajadores Expuestos al Amianto [PIVISTEA]) with employers' organizations, trade unions and scientific societies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the PIVISTEA to improve its effectiveness. A questionnaire with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Recruitment for the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial (CARET) to prevent lung cancer in smokers and asbestos-exposed workers
…Haven. Asbestos-exposed men aged 45 to 69 were recruited through physicians, workers' compensation programs, labor unions, plaintiffs' attorneys and a Navy asbestos surveillance program. Smokers aged 50 to 69 were recruited mainly from health insurers…