8 results for “General Electric”
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Gencor
Gencor (General Mining Union Corporation) was a major South African mining conglomerate that owned and operated several asbestos mines, most notably crocidolite (blue asbestos) and amosite (brown asbestos) operations in the Northern Cape and Northern Transvaal…
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Gefco
Gefco refers to General Engineering & Foundry Company, an industrial supplier whose name appears in asbestos litigation in connection with equipment, foundry products, and industrial components that contained or were used with asbestos-containing materials. The name…
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Memorial Sloan Kettering
…Cancer Hospital, the first cancer-dedicated hospital in the United States. It later merged with the Sloan-Kettering Institute, established in 1945 with funding from General Motors executives Alfred P. Sloan and Charles F. Kettering, to…
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Société Nationale de l'Amiante
…put Quebec's natural resources under provincial control. It formally acquired its stake in Asbestos Corporation Limited in 1981 after a prolonged legal and financial battle with General Dynamics, the prior American owner. Significance in Asbestos…
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International Mesothelioma Program
…For patients newly diagnosed with mesothelioma, the IMP represents one of a small number of high-volume specialty centers where survival outcomes have historically been better than at general oncology practices, in part because of surgical…
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Lorillard Tobacco Company
…during that window. It should be recorded in your medical history as a potential asbestos exposure, not just as general tobacco use. Hollingsworth & Vose, the company that supplied the asbestos filter material to Lorillard, is also…
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
…center participates in mesothelioma clinical trials (including immunotherapy and multimodal surgery protocols) and has its own pathology review process, which is important because mesothelioma is frequently misdiagnosed at general hospitals. Records from MD Anderson (pathology reports…
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Crown Cork & Seal Company
…7M as a finishing cement of asbestos fibers and bonding clays.15 In July 1960 Asbestos reported that Mundet had held the first general sales meeting in its 67-year history.16 The article said J…