8 results for “Ford Motor Company”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, asbestos, and a "sane appreciation of the risks"
…have been improved by naming the specific hazards of mesothelioma and lung cancer. Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors also endorsed a separate brake-work training program called S/P2, from the Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Environmental and occupational health hazards associated with the presence of asbestos in brake linings and pads (1900 to present): a "state-of-the-art" review
…to 2002 and summarized exposure and health studies of brake mechanics and friction product manufacturing workers. The work was primarily funded by Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, companies involved in brake-dust litigation. In NIOSH surveys…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Asbestos exposure causes mesothelioma, but not this asbestos exposure: an amicus brief to the Michigan Supreme Court
…They argued that hundreds of reported mesothelioma cases in mechanics must be considered. They stated that Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler admitted in litigation paying over $30,000,000 since 2000 to experts who produced papers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
RE: Asbestos in brakes: exposure and risk of disease
…cannot be defended. The letter discloses that the author has served as an expert witness in friction brake litigation, with the author's employer receiving funding for this work from Ford, General Motors and Daimler Chrysler.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Re: Evaluation of the size and type of free particulates collected from unused asbestos-containing brake components as related to potential for respirability
…did not further raise concerns about historical exposures of automotive mechanics. The authors disclosed that their research was primarily funded by Ford, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors, and that some of them had been expert witnesses in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Epidemiology of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition)
This article was a narrative review, not a new study. The authors summarized published research on the patterns and causes of lung cancer, drawing on their own files and MEDLINE searches. They said they did not attempt a comprehensive systematic…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Assessment of airborne asbestos exposure during the servicing and handling of automobile asbestos-containing gaskets
…ventilation, a professional mechanic removed old gaskets or installed new asbestos-containing ones on a 1974 Chevrolet Malibu, 1978 Chevrolet pickup and Ford 390 V-8 engine. The nine removed gaskets contained 0 to 75% asbestos…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Scientific method questioned
…to asbestos fibers and that more than 200 mesothelioma cases in brake mechanics have been published. They stated that Ford, GM and Chrysler paid the letter writer's consultant team about $23 million between 2001 and…