16 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
The Production of Corporate Research to Manufacture Doubt About the Health Hazards of Products: An Overview of the Exponent Bakelite® Simulation Study
…that are no longer manufactured or sold. As an example, this paper reviews one such study-a litigation-generated study of Union Carbide Corporation's asbestos-containing product, Bakelite®. This analysis is based on previously secret…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Teachers Union Organizes Members to Enforce AHERA Law--A Work in Progress
…the Massachusetts Teachers Association developed an organizing strategy and a curriculum focusing on the requirements of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act and on building a membership-run health and safety committee infrastructure in local unions…
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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 · 2010
"Serving two masters"--an interview with school teacher and union organizer Debra Askwith
Debra Askwith is a teacher, union member, and environmental health and safety activist in the public schools of Springfield, Massachusetts. In the following interview, she talks about her experiences organizing around the right to public information…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
How Canada's Asbestos Industry Was Defeated in Quebec
…all the political parties in the Canadian House of Commons and the Quebec National Assembly, as well as from business and union organizations. Two lobby organizations (Chrysotile Institute and International Chrysotile Association) had significant global impact…
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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 · 2008
Asbestos disease in Australia: looking forward and looking back
…and practice in Australia and introduced related pieces in the same journal issue. They described the trade union campaign to "Make James Hardie Pay", which ended when James Hardie shareholders approved a compensation fund in February…
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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 · 2015
From Awareness to Action: The Community of Sarnia Mobilizes to Protect its Workers from Occupational Disease
…and perseverance. We found that improvements in occupational health and safety came from persistently communicating a clearly defined issue ("asbestos exposure causes cancer") and having an engaged community that collaborated with union leadership. Notable successes included…
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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 · 2007
Science is not sufficient: Irving J. Selikoff and the asbestos tragedy
…had not used, and on interviews with colleagues. They reported that Selikoff personally received no funds to direct a union-supported program, that he favored controlling asbestos hazards rather than campaigning for a ban, and that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
"Make history but don't forget the past"
…Australia, on 24 November 2004. The author spoke as a life member of the wharf section of the Maritime Workers Union. The speech reports no data collection or analysis. The author recalled that health department officials…
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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…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
ILO to promote global asbestos ban
…s biggest ever industrial killer. The landmark decision came with the adoption of a resolution on 14 June 2006 at the ILO conference in Geneva and followed a high level union campaign. Rory O'Neill asked…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
James Hardie asbestos victims compensation summary
This is not a research study. It is a fact sheet and timeline from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), reprinted in a journal. It covers compensation for victims of James Hardie, described as Australia…