985 results for “General Electric”, page 47 of 50
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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 · 1979
Significance of aspect ration in regulation of asbestos fiber exposure
…use the term asbestos only when the source or megascopic characteristics are known; otherwise describe fibers as indistinguishable from asbestos or use general mineralogical terms. (3) study the chemical, physical and crystallographic properties of asbestiform fibers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Morphological and chemical mechanisms of elongated mineral particle toxicities
…the total surface area of REMP contributes to the generation of events resulting in pathological changes in biological systems. The information presented has applicability to inhaled dusts, in general, and specifically to respirable elongated mineral particles.
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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 · 1998
Cancer mortality in relation to monitoring for radionuclide exposure in three UK nuclear industry workforces
…national average (SMR = 86, 418 deaths; 2P = 0.002) but prostatic cancer mortality was raised both in relation to death rates in the general population (SMR = 153, 37 deaths; 2P = 0.02…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
No indication that mineral wool causes mesothelioma
…a lung cancer study was irrelevant. She said cases and controls came from the same general-population source and that the two case sets did not differ significantly by socioeconomic status. She added that controls were…
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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 · 1981
Asbestos and public health
…and urged care when removing asbestos from buildings. He noted that no ill effects had been shown from asbestos in drinking water, food or the general atmosphere, and that substitutes resembling asbestos might be similarly harmful.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Lung and pleural CT signs predict deaths: 10-year follow-up after lung cancer screening of asbestos-exposed workers
…lung/pleural CT signs found in screening seem to predict deaths in long term, which may require more careful medical surveillance of such individuals. Further studies are needed to generalize the present findings to general population.
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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 · 1965
Pulmonary function in asbestosis: serial tests in a long-term prospective study
…of the 13 patients. There was also a fall in maximum breathing capacity, but in general they remained relatively well preserved. Air velocity indices showed an upward trend in more than half, and in only one…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Nonpulmonary outcomes of asbestos exposure
…from the combined autoimmune studies that there is a possibility for a higher-than-expected risk of systemic autoimmune disease among asbestos-exposed populations. In general, the GIT effects of asbestos exposure appear to be minimal…
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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 · 2012
Cardiovascular disease mortality among British asbestos workers (1971-2005)
…exposure was also statistically significant in this model. Cerebrovascular and IHD mortality was significantly higher among these asbestos workers than in the general population and within the cohort mortality was associated with indicators of asbestos exposure…
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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 · 2011
Osteopontin modulates inflammation, mucin production, and gene expression signatures after inhalation of asbestos in a murine model of fibrosis
…and cell cycle regulation. Although it is unclear whether the present findings are specific to chrysotile asbestos or would be observed after inhalation of other fibers in general, these results highlight new potential mechanisms and therapeutic…
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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.