289 results for “General Electric”, page 2 of 15
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Medical study · Medical research · 1971
Asbestos: some nonradiological aspects
…types. It listed exposure sources including mining, insulation work, ship-breaking, demolition, electricians near laggers, and air pollution from brake linings. It stated that any type can cause asbestosis, which was becoming rare. Citing Doll (1965)…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1972
John J. Welsh to Frank X. Worden Forwarding OSHA Correspondence on Medical Examinations for Asbestos Exposure (1972)
…for asbestos exposure Letter, OSHA Division of General Industry Standards (O'Neill) to V. J. Meyers, Aug. 8, 1972, stating a final response awaits legal clearance Letter, V. J. Meyers (Western Electric) to Chain Robbins, OSHA…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · July 24, 1979 · in the opinion
Nolan v. Johns-Manville Asbestos & Magnesia Materials Co. (1979)
…defective product. See Urie v. Thompson, 337 U.S. 163, 69 S.Ct. 1018, 11 A.L.R.2d 252; Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. v. Barker, 228 F.2d 842; Brush Beryllium Co. v. Meckley, 284…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · April 20, 1974 · in the opinion
United States v. Reserve Mining Company (1974)
…with applicable regulations, the effect on the work force would be minimal. The defendants' work force includes machinists, welders, electricians, engineers, and laborers whose services could be utilized in additional pipe and plant construction. The plight…
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Film · Films · 1976
Perception of Risk
…increases fivefold very few things to which we are exposed are zero risks but like the automobile and electricity there are non harmful ways to use potentially harmful things it's simply a matter of probabilities…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 25, 1978
Surgeon General Julius B. Richmond, Physician Advisory on Health Effects of Asbestos (1978)
A three-page Public Health Service physician advisory dated April 25, 1978, on the health effects of asbestos exposure following studies of shipyard workers. It describes asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma and other cancers, and long latency, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1978
OSHA Safety and Health Standards, General Industry (29 CFR 1910), Revised November 7, 1978, Including the Asbestos Standard
Excerpt of the OSHA General Industry Safety and Health Standards (29 CFR 1910, OSHA 2206, revised November 7, 1978). It includes the Table Z-1 and Z-3 air contaminant tables and the full asbestos standard…
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Company document · Asbestos Textile Institute documents · June 7, 1973
Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes, June 7, 1973, with Attached Committee Reports, Swetonic Address and Cohen Affidavit (1973)
Attendance list, ATI General Meeting, June 7, 1973, Key Bridge Marriott, Arlington, Virginia Minutes of the ATI General Meeting, signed by Doris M. Fagan, Executive Secretary Report of Funds as of April 30, 1973 Fibre Producers…
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Company document · Asbestos Textile Institute documents · February 4, 1971
Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes, February 4, 1971, Charlotte, N.C. (1971)
Minutes of the ATI general meeting, February 4, 1971 Roster of ATI member companies Copy of May 26, 1949 letter from Metropolitan Life's W.J. McConnell, M.D. to George W. Marshall, Jr. of Raybestos…
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Company document · Asbestos Textile Institute documents · February 4, 1971
Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Agenda, Roster and Minutes, February 4, 1971 (1971)
Agenda for the February 4, 1971 general meeting Schedule of the February 3-4, 1971 meeting at the Red Carpet Inn Roster of Asbestos Textile Institute member companies Minutes of the general meeting, February 4, 1971…
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Company document · Asbestos Textile Institute documents · 1970
Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes, pages 3-4 (1970)
Pages 3-4 of the minutes of an Asbestos Textile Institute general meeting. They record committee reports, Dr. J.L. Goodman's report on a Selikoff asbestosis seminar, C.L. Sheckler's remarks on the Occupational…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · February 4, 1971
Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting on Dr. Selikoff and the New Safety Law (1971)
…suit arises." In Johns-Manville's index Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows: ATI Meeting Minutes, 2/4/71 - General Meeting. Dr. J…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 10, 1973
T. P. Norris Report of Call on General Motors Technical Center Industrial Hygiene Staff Regarding the Asbestos Ban (1973)
A Union Carbide report of call on General Motors' Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, covering a meeting with three industrial hygiene staff members to clarify the alleged asbestos ban. It records GM's policy of advising…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 12, 1975
Union Carbide Customer Call Reports on General Tire, Toledo, Ohio: RG-244 Calidria Asbestos Plant Trial and Toxicology Questions (1975)
…G. L. Dickson) with Jack Gordon: General Tire ordered a pallet of RG-244 for a plant trial and wanted an expert to discuss OSHA regulations and safe handling. Call report, 11/20/75 (J. L…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 14, 1973
T. P. Morris Update Report on General Motors' Asbestos Ban, Call Report on GM Tech Center (1973)
Report of call on the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, written as an update. It says GM management decided around 1969 to eliminate asbestos from its products, that the Harrison Radiator Division switched from…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1976
California Division of Industrial Safety General Industry Safety Orders, Title 8, Section 5208 (Asbestos) (1976)
Six-page copy of California Title 8, General Industry Safety Order Section 5208 on asbestos. It sets airborne fiber exposure limits and covers engineering controls, work practices, respirators, change rooms, laundering, monitoring and record keeping, signs…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 6, 1973
Houston Chronicle Article 'Asbestos Fibers Now Held General Population Hazard' by Arthur J. Snider, with Handwritten Annotations (1973)
A Houston Chronicle article reporting that two Bethesda Naval Hospital physicians, Dr. Charles W. Ochs and Dr. John P. Smith, found lung tissue changes in 10 Navy men with no occupational asbestos exposure and attributed them to environmental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 15, 1979
Edward J. Kleber Customer Call Report on General Motors Research, Warren, MI, on Elimination of Asbestos in Friction Products (1979)
Customer call report of a 1/15/79 visit to General Motors Research in Warren, Michigan, to determine the status of Calidria in the friction products program. It records that GM had decided to eliminate asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 15, 1979
Edward J. Kleber Call Report on General Motors Research, Warren, Michigan, on Status of Calidria in Friction Products (1979)
…1/15/79 visit to General Motors Research in Warren, MI, with Ed Miller and Tom Flaim, to determine the status of Calidria in the friction products program. It reports that General Motors had decided to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Analysis of the cores of asbestos bodies from members of the general population: patients with probable low-degree exposure to asbestos
…to 9,000 of such bodies/g of lung tissue, a concentration frequently found in manual laborers in the general population who are not primary asbestos workers. All of the 123 bodies examined by electron diffraction…