7 results for “General Electric”
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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 · 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 · 1988
Asbestos associated tumours in car mechanics
…cancer register (1961-79, ages 20 to 69), and compared observed cases with the numbers expected from the general population. One mesothelioma was found in the cancer register and none in the death register. That man…
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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
…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 brake-repair litigation.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1994
Mortality studies of machining fluid exposure in the automobile industry. III: A case-control study of larynx cancer
…This is the first study, however, to distinguish straight mineral oils from other types of MF. Based on these findings, a general reduction in concentrations of straight mineral oil particulate in occupational environments would be prudent.