5 results for “Ford Motor Company”
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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 · 2014
History and evolution of warning labels for automotive friction products
…manual and on 1973 Bendix brake boxes. Later Ford, General Motors and Buick materials warned against compressed air and dry cleaning, and a 1993 Ford bulletin recommended non-asbestos parts. They reported that OSHA rules exempted…
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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 · 2012
Egilman's assessment regarding exposures of auto mechanics to amphiboles is not accurate
…that mechanics' exposure from these was very low. They said a Ford mention of amosite in brake linings was dropped from the published version of that paper. The authors wrote that it would be reasonable for…
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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…