12 results for “General Electric”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Case report: peritoneal mesothelioma from asbestos in hairdryers
…a blow dryer 1 to 2 feet from her face. She reported using only asbestos-containing hairdryer models (Conair, General Electric, Gillette) from 1976 to 1982. The article lists chrysotile as a keyword but does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, asbestos, and a "sane appreciation of the risks"
…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. That program told workers that inhaling…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Mesothelioma risk and environmental exposure to asbestos: past and future trends in Japan
Although asbestos has been widely distributed in the environment, health risks due to general environmental exposure to asbestos have not been estimated. Future mesothelioma risk from environmental exposure to asbestos in Japan was estimated by comparing…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1999
Global corporate policies and international "double standards" in occupational and environmental health
…in others, using asbestos in Brazil as the main example. The author reported that General Motors still used asbestos engine gaskets in Brazil, although it had stopped using them in North America five years earlier. At…
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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
…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 the manufacturers rely on. The authors concluded that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1998
Globally asbestos-free automobiles
…products and engine gaskets. According to the author, General Motors used asbestos gaskets in new engines in Brazil, although it had used safer substitutes in vehicles sold in North America since around 1993. A Brazilian government…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Mesothelioma in an individual following exposure to crocidolite-containing gaskets as a teenager
…per gram of deparaffinized (wax-removed) wet tissue. Two of the authors' laboratories use 20 or fewer per gram of wet tissue as the general-population level. Electron microscopy at 15,000 times magnification detected only…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Asbestos-related diseases in Italy: epidemiologic evidences and public health issues
…is presented. These systems evidence exposures to asbestos and relative risks for populations exposed in work environments and also in the general environment, and provide objective data to identify sources of exposure and for risk management…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Banning asbestos in Asia: campaigns and strategies by the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV)
…and thus do not appear in government statistics. This deadly substance is killing workers. Unless drastic action is taken to stop its use, Asian workers as well as the general population will pay a heavy price.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Assessing specific causation of mesothelioma following exposure to chrysotile asbestos-containing brake dust
…an analysis of various industry and academic perspectives contributing to the debate. A framework is presented for evaluating the general and specific causal relationship between brake dust exposure and mesothelioma utilizing the principles of forensic epidemiology…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Asbestos banned in Argentina
…and consumers participated, it was agreed that asbestos exposure is a risk factor for both workers and the general population, and that Argentina should provide to its people the same protections adopted by many developed countries…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
The Swedish experience with asbestos: history of use, diseases, legislation, and compensation
…every year in Sweden, and so far there is no certain sign of a decrease in incidence. Compensation is from the state via general insurance and consists basically of compensation for lost income and medical costs.