7 results for “General Electric”
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania · August 31, 1982 · in the opinion
Neal v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd. (1982)
…cite the cases of Toppi v. United States, 332 F.Supp. 513 (E.D.Pa.1971) and Lockett v. General Electric Co., 376 F.Supp. 1201 (E.D.Pa.1974), aff'd, 511 F.2d 1394 …
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Fiber size and number in amphibole asbestos-induced mesothelioma
…of crocidolite fibers, 0.2 X 10(6)/g; these values represent an approximately 250-fold increase over those found in the general population. Crocidolite fibers were significantly narrower than amosite fibers (mean width, 0.13…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1980
Electron microscopy applied to studies of the biological significance of defects in crocidolite asbestos
…planar faults, and pores. Fibres sectioned in lung tissue and fibres taken from in vitro exposure to blood serum show evidence of erosion by two mechanisms--preferential attack at (100) planar defects and general surface dissolution.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Some biological properties of respirable iron ore dust
…found in age-matched control animals. While there was a significant increase of the incidence of tumors in general in WAG inbred rats up to 2 years following dust exposure, this did not persist into old…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Fiber counting and analysis in the diagnosis of asbestos-related disease
…large numbers. Numbers of asbestos bodies markedly underestimate total numbers of fibers present in lung. In patients from the general population, the mean number of asbestos fibers is about 1 X 10(6)/g dry lung;…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Effects of asbestos on the random migration of rabbit alveolar macrophages
…indicates that fibers can be toxic for AM through extracellular membrane contact. In general the results from the viability studies paralleled the migration inhibition observations. None of the asbestos preparations induced a burst in the hexose…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Metaphase and anaphase analysis of V79 cells exposed to erionite, UICC chrysotile and UICC crocidolite
…for chrysotile and crocidolite than erionite. These results correlate with the higher tumorigenic potency of erionite. In general, fewer cells treated with erionite entered anaphase than those treated with the other two minerals. As a result…