655 results for “General Electric”, page 23 of 33
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Feasibility of a screening programme for lung cancer in former asbestos workers
…Incidence rate was 149 per 10(5), equal to that in the male general population of similar age. The expenses for diagnosis were 1014 and 244962 Euro per screened subject and screen-detected lung cancer case…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
An exposure study of bystanders and workers during the installation and removal of asbestos gaskets and packing
…In most cases, the concentrations were not distinguishable from ambient levels of asbestos in the ships or the general environment. These results are not surprising given that asbestos fibers in gasket materials are encapsulated within a…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
A review of scientific literature examining the mining history, geology, mineralogy, and amphibole asbestos health effects of the Rainy Creek igneous complex, Libby, Montana, USA
…Registry shows that residents of Libby who had not been employed in the vermiculite mining or milling operations also appear to have developed asbestos-related pulmonary diseases at a higher rate than the general public elsewhere…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Assessing the origin and fate of Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb, and V in industrial polluted soil by combined microspectroscopic techniques and bulk extraction methods
…Pb2O(SO4)], and, in association with Cr(VI), as crocoite (PbCrO4). In general, despite a high total concentration, metals appear to be speciated for the most part as rather insoluble geochemical forms. However, particular attention should…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Adult paratesticular tumours
…had five paratesticular sarcomas in 3 years. The review reported a general consensus that adult paratesticular sarcomas should be treated by complete resection with high ligation of the spermatic cord. The roles of retroperitoneal lymph node…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Environmental contamination of chrysotile asbestos and its toxic effects on antioxidative system of Lemna gibba
…in the glutathione and ascorbate level might be considered as a biomarker of exposure to an unsafe environment because these are essential compounds of the general antioxidative strategy to overcome oxidative stress due to environmental constraints…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Utilization of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica to evaluate the spatial dispersion of metal contamination
…of Pb contamination and because of the ubiquitous characteristic of the Pb element, it is difficult to draw any general conclusions concerning this element. The results presented in this study demonstrated the usefulness of the seagrass…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Combustion-generated nanoparticulates in the El Paso, TX, USA / Juarez, Mexico Metroplex: their comparative characterization and potential for adverse health effects
…a surrogate. Taken together with the plethora of toxic responses reported for DPM, these findings prompt concerns for airborne carbonaceous nanoparticulates in general. The implications of these preliminary findings and their potential health effects, as well…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Banding carcinogenic risks in developed countries: A procedural basis for qualitative assessment
…risks consequent upon occupational exposure, the impact of point source pollution, residence near contaminated sites and general environmental exposure are allocated across the proven band and a likely sub-band. For solvents, pesticides and other compounds…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Particle toxicology: from coal mining to nanotechnology
…20-50 mg/m3 and from 1-2 microm to 20-100 nm (ultrafine) as domestic fuel burning has decreased and vehicle sources have increased and attention has moved from coal mining industry to general environment…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Cancer incidence and asbestos in drinking water, Town of Woodstock, New York, 1980-1998
…limited by small numbers and unknown dates of initial exposure. The general pattern of results did not demonstrate a likely link between exposure to asbestos in drinking water and cancer occurrence among participants in the WAER.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Educational differences in lung cancer mortality in male smokers
…This excess mortality was about 40% of the similar excess observed in the general population of men of similar age. Educational differences in lung cancer mortality in the total Finnish population are likely to be mainly…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
The combination of effects on lung cancer of cigarette smoking and exposure in quebec chrysotile miners and millers
…equivalent to exposure amounting to 700 million particles per cubic foot x years. The refutation of the multiplicative hypothesis in these data reinforces its inapplicability in general; but the additive hypothesis is not generally applicable either…
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Court case · Missouri Supreme Court · July 23, 2002 · in the opinion
Hoskins v. Business Men's Assur. (2002)
…(Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Hatfield, Assistant Attorney General, James R. Layton, State Solicitor, Jefferson City, for Respondent State of Missouri. PER CURIAM. Forest Hoskins worked as an operating engineer in a building owned by…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Superior Court · July 18, 2007 · in the opinion
Bugosh v. Allen Refractories Company (2007)
…applicable. ¶ 28 The doctrine of judicial estoppel holds that "\[a\]s a general rule, a party to an action is estopped from assuming a position inconsistent with his or her assertion in a previous action, if…
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Court case · U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · July 28, 2000 · in the opinion
Orvosh v. Program OF Group Ins. for Salaried Emp. (2000)
…Volkswagen, Orvosh worked in both the Paint Process Department and Paint Production Departments holding a variety of positions including senior chemist, senior lab engineer and general supervisor. In March of 1987, Orvosh's treating physician, Dr…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division · December 2, 2004 · in the opinion
Lustenring v. AC&S, Inc. (2004)
…which were made with asbestos. Valid expert testimony indicated that such dust, raised from asbestos products and not just from industrial air in general, necessarily contains enough asbestos to cause mesothelioma. Defendant's factual disagreement with…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · July 21, 2009 · in the opinion
Families for Asbestos Compliance Testing and Safety v. City of St. Louis (2009)
…§ 7604. \[9\] Attorney General Dick Thornburgh wrote the following statement to Sen. Robert Dole, who read it into the congressional record: This is to advise you of my very serious concerns over language concerning citizen suits…
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Court case · U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts · January 3, 2008 · in the opinion
Hilbert v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. (2008)
…Co., 425 F.3d 689, 694 (9th Cir.2005); Lovern v. General Motors Corp., 121 F.3d 160, 162 (4th Cir. 1997). The challenge is determining how specific the pleadings must be to place the defendants…
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Court case · California Court of Appeal · October 15, 2007 · in the opinion
Honer v. Ford Motor Company (2007)
…fibers. Honer then breathed these asbestos fibers because of her direct and indirect contact with her father and brother themselves as well as their clothes, vehicles, tools and general surroundings. In July 2004, Honer alleged, she…