289 results for “General Electric”, page 7 of 15
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Company document · Asbestos Information Association documents · October 27, 1971
William P. Raines to F. J. Schlink, Editor of Consumer Bulletin, on the "Hidden Dangers in the Air We Breathe" Article (1971)
…hazards. It stated that asbestos health risks are basically occupational, that no evidence showed a hazard to the general public from community air, and cited a British factory study and a Quebec study of asbestos workers.
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Company document · Asbestos Information Association documents · October 26, 1971
W. P. Raines (AIA/NA) to Washington Post Managing Editor Eugene Patterson on the National Research Council Asbestos Story (1971)
…1971 story on the National Research Council's asbestos dust recommendations. It said the story wrongly stated that asbestos poses a hazard to the general public, and that the industry agreed with the Council's facts…
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Trade catalog or brochure · 1974
Chesterton: Mechanical Packings and Seals for Industry (Bulletin 71250) (1974)
A. W. Chesterton Co. general catalog, Bulletin 71250, copyright 1974. It covers compression packings, mechanical seals, gaskets and maintenance compounds, with packing recommendations by industry and troubleshooting guides. It lists compressed asbestos sheets (Styles 210, 211…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1970
Peritoneal mesothelioma. A report of 4 cases
…reported four cases of peritoneal mesothelioma, a tumour of the lining of the abdomen. All four were seen within 12 months of each other at the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. The patients were a man who…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1972
Electron microscope characteristics of inhaled chrysotile asbestos fibre
This study described how chrysotile asbestos looks under the electron microscope in human lung tissue. The author examined specimens from about 300 lungs: general population groups, people with pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma and their controls, and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1970
The radiological manifestations of malignant pleural mesothelioma
…was a case series. The authors reviewed the hospital charts and chest X-rays of 10 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma seen at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 1960 to 1967. There were 8 men…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1972
Significance of asbestos in lung tissue
…is an abstract of a talk the author, of the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit in Penarth, gave at the 88th general meeting of the Association of Clinical Pathologists. It reports no patients, measurements or numerical study results…
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Film · Films · 1978
Dr. Paul Kotin on Asbestos: A Look at the Future
…for the present. The third factor is the matter of continuing exposure. Really there are two universes of exposure. There is the occupational universe and the general population exposure. The occupational environment, the mine, the mill…
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Court case · North Carolina Court of Appeals · July 17, 1979
Bullard v. Johns-Manville Corp. (1979)
…lung cancer was caused by workplace asbestos exposure, because no expert said asbestos caused it and the evidence showed only an increased general risk or a possible contributing cause. Causation; Expert Testimony Worksites: Johns-Manville plant…
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Article · Motley 1000 · 1974
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, Health Hazards of Asbestos: A Review of Recent Trends (1974)
…1974. Mentions hazards of asbestos to general public. About this copy This is document 309 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 24, 1979
E. D. Marcucci to J. H. Swensen on Not Labeling Transite Pipe (1979)
…Swensen of Johns-Manville, reporting on a September 20 meeting with Dennis Markusson, J-M's associate general counsel, about labeling Transite pipe. "Since we are firm in our conviction that installers will not be exposed…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · December 20, 1978
H. E. Vanherle to Sir Neville Stack, and Stack to J. H. Marsh, on Labeling Calidria Asbestos (1978)
…its European Economic Community (EEC) Advisory Council, told Sir Neville Stack, its director-general, that the European distributor of Union Carbide asbestos had "dropped the idea" of asking for the St. Andrew's cross on bags…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · March 17, 1971
H. M. Jackson to Dr. G. W. Wright and Dr. T. H. Davison on Dr. Enterline's Retiree Study Findings (1971)
…Dr. Enterline commented that in the "non-exposure" plants, maintenance and service personnel had a higher incidence of bronchogenic cancer, whereas production personnel had general population equivalent rates. He also said that at the Asbestos, Quebec…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · June 22, 1977
Hilton C. Lewinsohn, "Medical Aspects of Occupational Exposure to Asbestos" (1977)
…standards, and the risks to manufacturing workers, to users of asbestos products and to the general public. He concluded that "when adequately controlled the risk of asbestosis and lung cancer can be reduced to virtually nil."
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Company document · Motley 1000 · April 13, 1977
Industrial Health Foundation to Isaac H. Weaver on Raybestos-Manhattan's Membership (1977)
…1937. The corporate membership was dropped in 1957 but the General Asbestos and Rubber Division belonged to the IHF from 1968 until mid 1975 when corporate membership was once again reinstated. Related documents John H. Marsh…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 29, 1975
J. R. D. Wilson's Notice to Toronto Plant Employees on Smoking and Asbestos (1975)
…cites a study by Dr. Irving Selikoff of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine indicating that without smoking, lung cancer among asbestos workers would be no higher than in the general population. From June 2, 1975…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · October 8, 1970
John C. Settle of Travelers to Richard R. Standel, Jr. on Settling the Frances T. Rogers Claim (1970)
…Company, to Richard R. Standel, Jr., J-M's associate general counsel, on a claim against J-M by Frances T. Rogers. Settle notes Standel's plans to discuss a possible compromise and says that, since…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 25, 1979
Johns-Manville Chairman of the Board's Bulletin on Smoking and Health at World Headquarters (1979)
…McKinney, setting a smoking policy at Johns-Manville's World Headquarters. Citing "the strong direct link between smoking and several disabling or fatal diseases" and the Surgeon General's report of January 11, 1979, it extended…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 5, 1970
Minutes of the Formation and First Board Meetings of the Asbestos Information Association/North America (1970)
…Asbestos Information Association/North America "to inform the public concerning the facts about the asbestos/health problem." They named Harold McNabb of Certain-Teed chairman and Raines secretary, had J-M's general counsel H. M…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 2, 1978
Notes of Dennis Markusson and Barbara Diemer's Interview of Hugh Jackson on J-M Health and Safety History (1978)
…by Dennis H. Markusson, J-M's associate general counsel, and Barbara Diemer (joined on the second day by a Claudette P.). Jackson summarized the company's past health and safety practice: respirators "were not mandatory…