22 results for “Ford Motor Company”, page 1 of 2
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, asbestos, and a "sane appreciation of the risks"
…have been improved by naming the specific hazards of mesothelioma and lung cancer. Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors also endorsed a separate brake-work training program called S/P2, from the Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Environmental and occupational health hazards associated with the presence of asbestos in brake linings and pads (1900 to present): a "state-of-the-art" review
…to 2002 and summarized exposure and health studies of brake mechanics and friction product manufacturing workers. The work was primarily funded by Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, companies involved in brake-dust litigation. In NIOSH surveys…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Globally asbestos-free automobiles
…in 1992. Inquiries sent to GM, Ford and Chrysler in May 1998 brought no disclosure from Ford or GM about their global asbestos use. The author noted being an expert witness in lawsuits against these companies.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Asbestos Emissions from Brake Dynamometer Tests
This 1973 conference paper, by researchers on the Ford Motor Co. Scientific Research Staff, reported laboratory tests of how much asbestos fiber a car disc brake releases into the air. A new Pinto disc brake, whose…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
History and evolution of warning labels for automotive friction products
…manual and on 1973 Bendix brake boxes. Later Ford, General Motors and Buick materials warned against compressed air and dry cleaning, and a 1993 Ford bulletin recommended non-asbestos parts. They reported that OSHA rules exempted…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Asbestos exposure causes mesothelioma, but not this asbestos exposure: an amicus brief to the Michigan Supreme Court
…They argued that hundreds of reported mesothelioma cases in mechanics must be considered. They stated that Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler admitted in litigation paying over $30,000,000 since 2000 to experts who produced papers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
The case for a global ban on asbestos
…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 efforts to list chrysotile…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
RE: Asbestos in brakes: exposure and risk of disease
…cannot be defended. The letter discloses that the author has served as an expert witness in friction brake litigation, with the author's employer receiving funding for this work from Ford, General Motors and Daimler Chrysler.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Re: Evaluation of the size and type of free particulates collected from unused asbestos-containing brake components as related to potential for respirability
…did not further raise concerns about historical exposures of automotive mechanics. The authors disclosed that their research was primarily funded by Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, and that some of them had been expert witnesses in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
Identification of a nonlysozymal bactericidal factor (beta lysin) in human tears and aqueous humor
This laboratory study was not about asbestos as a health hazard. Asbestos appears only as the material of cellulose-asbestos filters used to split eye fluids into fractions. The authors tested whether a germ-killing substance in human tears other…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Epidemiology of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition)
This article was a narrative review, not a new study. The authors summarized published research on the patterns and causes of lung cancer, drawing on their own files and MEDLINE searches. They said they did not attempt a comprehensive systematic…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
The influence of amosite asbestos exposure on lung permeability
This animal experiment tested whether amosite asbestos changes the barrier between blood and air in the lung. Young adult guinea pigs were given 25 mg of ground amosite in saline into the windpipe. Control animals received saline alone or sham…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
The incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Australia, 1947-1980
This study counted all identifiable malignant mesothelioma cases diagnosed in Australia through 1980. Sources included cancer registries, pathologists and The Australian Mesothelioma Surveillance Program. They identified 674 cases (535 men, 123…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Early response of the visceral pleura following asbestos exposure: an ultrastructural study
In this laboratory experiment, the authors placed a single 25-mg dose of amosite asbestos in saline directly into the windpipe of young adult guinea pigs. Control animals received saline only. Two exposed animals and one control were examined at…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
Protocol of DREAM3R: DuRvalumab with chEmotherapy as first-line treAtment in advanced pleural Mesothelioma-a phase 3 randomised trial
This article was a protocol: it described a planned trial, DREAM3R, and reported no treatment results. DREAM3R was designed as an international, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial at sites in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. It aimed to enrol…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Serum oncoproteins and growth factors in asbestosis and silicosis patients
This case-referent study drew on patients with compensated asbestosis or silicosis followed at the Institute of Occupational Health in Finland. The authors tested 91 stored serum samples, taken between March 1983 and August 1987, from 46 patients…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Assessment of airborne asbestos exposure during the servicing and handling of automobile asbestos-containing gaskets
…ventilation, a professional mechanic removed old gaskets or installed new asbestos-containing ones on a 1974 Chevrolet Malibu, 1978 Chevrolet pickup and Ford 390 V-8 engine. The nine removed gaskets contained 0 to 75% asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Egilman's assessment regarding exposures of auto mechanics to amphiboles is not accurate
…that mechanics' exposure from these was very low. They said a Ford mention of amosite in brake linings was dropped from the published version of that paper. The authors wrote that it would be reasonable for…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1965
Inhibition of virus growth by a toxic factor from asbestos pad and cellulose acetate membrane filters
…that was unfiltered or had been filtered through a Seitz E.K. or Ford's 'Sterimat' asbestos pad or through a cellulose acetate (Millipore) membrane. Virus yield was measured mainly by complement fixation and in some…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
The toxicology of chrysotile-containing brake debris: implications for mesothelioma
…long-fiber dose, though not all changes may lower toxicity, and that evidence rather than supposition is needed. The work was funded by Honeywell and Ford, which the article states are defendants in asbestos brake litigation.