8 results for “General Electric”
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Film · Films
Fibers of Freedom
…waste disposal, and irrigation systems, and as a conduit for electrical and distribution systems. Asbestos fiber and diatomaceous silica are formed into fireproof sheets of J-M Marinite and marine sheathing, which which help prevent disastrous…
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Film · Films · 1976
Perception of Risk
…increases fivefold very few things to which we are exposed are zero risks but like the automobile and electricity there are non harmful ways to use potentially harmful things it's simply a matter of probabilities…
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Film · Films · 1978
Dr. Paul Kotin on Asbestos: A Look at the Future
…for the present. The third factor is the matter of continuing exposure. Really there are two universes of exposure. There is the occupational universe and the general population exposure. The occupational environment, the mine, the mill…
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Film · Films
Asbestos Information Committee advertisements
…1955, found 11 lung-cancer deaths where 0.8 were expected among men who had worked there 20 years or more, a risk about ten times that of the general population; that it causes mesothelioma, a…
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Film · Films
No Smoking Please
…does not smoke, even though he's also exposed to asbestos, is at no greater risk of developing lung cancer than any nonsmoker in the general population. If you are exposed to asbestos, you increase your…
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Film · Films
Working with Asbestos
…avoid exposing others to airborne dust. The industry's concern extends outside its plants. Although there is no firm evidence of any health hazard to the general public from asbestos, protective measures have been taken by…
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Film · Films · 1982
Videotaped Deposition of Clifford L. Sheckler (1982)
…construction projects at that location. In 1942 to 1946, I served in the Corps of Engineers attached to the 20th Bomber Command and General Chennault's Flying Tigers, the 14th Air Force. From 1946 to 1952…
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Film · Films · 1979
Videotaped Deposition of Dr. Paul Kotin in the South Carolina Asbestos Cases (1979)
…asbestosis two cases of pulmonary malignancy, 6%, whereas there was an incidence of only 0.3% of this type of neoplasia among approximately 2,300 autopsies of the general population. Now, is that consistent with what…