6 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Compensation of Occupational Diseases, Particularly Asbestos-Related Diseases, Among European Union (EU) Countries
This paper examined occupational disease compensation in European Union countries, focusing on asbestos-related diseases. The authors surveyed compensation institutes by questionnaire and compared mesothelioma compensations with World Health Organization pleural tumor death data, which excluded…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Industrial hygiene review of three manufacturing facilities in Senegal: findings and key questions
…cement formulating facility, chosen by the Senegalese Ministry of Labor. The review used structured interviews with management and union representatives and walkthrough inspections with limited monitoring of noise, total dust and volatile organic compounds. The article…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Documenting the asbestos story in Sarnia
…clinic in Windsor, Ontario, expressed its concerns about the health of former workers at a foundry and insulation plant in Sarnia to the Canadian Auto Workers union early in 1998. The workers suffered cancer, respiratory and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
The international chrysotile asbestos scandal
…the Alliance Against Asbestos, a coalition of environmental, health care, labor union and asbestos-victim groups, and it reports no new medical data. It opposed a revision of a 1986 asbestos guidance document, Environmental Health Criteria…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
The WTO asbestos case and its health and trade implications
…asbestos. Canada argued that controlled use could make the remaining hazards undetectable and therefore acceptable. The United States sided with the European Union against Canada. The author doubted that controlled use could work in practice. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Asbestos: science in the face of hostility in sao paulo
…from Europe, the U.S. and South America. The article reported that union members faced death threats, a kidnapping and a beating before the meeting, and that there was diplomatic pressure to cancel it. It gave…