163 results for “Reaction Department”, page 1 of 9
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Mesothelioid reaction following talc pleurodesis: a case report
…Such a mesothelioid reaction can clinically and radiographically mimic malignant mesothelioma. We conclude that Talc pleurodesis played a causative role in this patient developing an intense mesothelioid reaction. A mesothelioid reaction should be included in the…
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Court case · Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court · May 25, 1972 · in the opinion
Bambrick v. Asten Hill Mfg. Co. et al. (1972)
…nature. What Dr. Fite is describing are asbestos bodies and these are characteristic tissue reaction to the presence of asbestos fibers." (Emphasis added) (R. 41a-42a) It is true as stated by the majority that Dr…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Disseminated Pleural Siliconoma Mimicking Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
This case report from a thoracic surgery department in Ube, Japan, described one 48-year-old woman with multiple nodules on the lining of her left lung (the pleura). She had received silicone breast implants 10…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · January 10, 2013 · in the opinion
Vega v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2013)
…s exhibit 20 is a 1966 study commissioned by UCC which revealed that rats had a more "severe reaction" to Calidria asbestos that had been mined by UCC in California than asbestos that had been mined…
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Court case · Louisiana Supreme Court · January 28, 2003 · in the opinion
Bonnette v. Conoco, Inc. (2003)
Pier explained that plaintiffs' theory is based on the "no threshold dose response model" utilized by the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which indicates that there is no level…
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Court case · New York Supreme Court · November 11, 2020 · in the opinion
Olson v. Brenntag N. Am., Inc. (2020)
…present. And Ms. Olson's strong and immediate reaction to hearing about a possible connection between talcum powder and cancer suggests otherwise. The First Department decisions J&J cites are not to the contrary. In Sosna…
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Court case · Illinois Appellate Court · May 9, 1991 · in the opinion
Wehmeier v. Unr Industries, Inc. (1991)
…On redirect, Abrams stated that, assuming (1) Cochran worked with amosite asbestos in the pipe department at the plant; and (2) Manville delivered 325 tons of chrysotile asbestos to the plant, Cochran could have inhaled some…
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Asbestos type
Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type
…synthesizing asbestos (US Patent 3,463,607, 1969), United States Department of the Interior Modified colloidal chrysotile and method of preparing same (US Patent 3,458,393, 1969), Fmc Corp Non-porous asbestos-reinforced plastic pipe…
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Court case · Delaware Superior Court · November 16, 2011 · in the opinion
Gordon v. Dana Companies (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2011)
…because "you didn't just use off-brand parts on that type of equipment. That's something that we as a maintenance department did not — I mean, they didn't want any cut-rate parts."\[10\…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Reaction mechanism for the aqueous-phase mineral carbonation of heat-activated serpentine at low temperatures and pressures in flue gas conditions
…microscopy (SEM) analysis. Investigation of the serpentinite carbonation reaction mechanisms under conditions close to a direct flue gas treatment showed that increased dissolution rates could be achieved relative to prior work, with an average Mg dissolution…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Reaction of mineral dusts with primary lung fibroblast cultures
This laboratory study, which also reviewed the authors' earlier work, tested nine mineral dusts on rabbit lung fibroblast cultures (collagen-making cells). Single doses of 10 to 1000 µg per culture were added on day 3. DNA and cell-layer collagen…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1984
Fiber localization and its relationship to lung reaction in rats after chronic inhalation of chrysotile asbestos
…with histologic changes indicating marked epithelial injury. Increased amounts of fibers are also localized in the lung interstitium with continued exposure to asbestos and are associated with a progressive interstitial fibrotic reaction. Following cessation of exposure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Mineral-fluid interaction in the lungs: insights from reaction-path modeling
…from previous work described in the literature. Modeling of reaction paths in both closed and open systems confirms previous suggestions that chrysotile dissolves faster than tremolite in lung fluid, which offers an explanation for the apparent…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Exposure to chrysotile asbestos causes carbonylation of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase through a reaction with lipid peroxidation products in human lung epithelial cells
In this laboratory study, the authors exposed A549 cells, a human lung carcinoma cell line described as lung epithelial type II cells, to UICC chrysotile B asbestos for 5 hours. One comparison also used crocidolite. No people or animals were…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
The Self-sustained High temperature Synthesis (SHS) technology as novel approach in the management of asbestos waste
…experimented in chrysotile breakdown. By means of two reactions such as Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 + Fe2O3 + 3 Mg and 2Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 + Fe3O4 + 4 Mg the chrysotile was completely converted into forsterite-rich olivine. Different mixtures of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Toxic epidermal necrolysis related to Cisplatin and pemetrexed for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is an uncommon but life-threatening adverse drug reaction. Pemetrexed is a multitargeted antifolate. It was first used in combination with cisplatin as a front-line treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Secondary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy caused by non-pleural or pulmonary tumors
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (HOA) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome characterized by digital clubbing, periosteal reaction, polyarthralgia, arthritis, and synovitis. Herein, we report a case series of patients with secondary HOA caused by non-pleural or pulmonary tumors…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
BAP1 Immunohistochemistry and p16 FISH in the Diagnosis of Sarcomatous and Desmoplastic Mesotheliomas
…help diagnose sarcomatous and desmoplastic mesotheliomas. These tumors can be hard to distinguish from organizing pleuritis, a benign reaction of the pleura. The authors tested tissue from 20 such pleural mesotheliomas, from 18 men and 2…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1986
US surgeon general ignites furor with findings on smoking in the workplace
…research study. A freelance writer described the US Surgeon General's December 1985 Smoking and Health report on cancer and chronic lung disease in the workplace, and the reaction to it. According to the article, the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1988
Progressive lung cell reactions and extracellular matrix production after a brief exposure to asbestos
…this would be the most likely site of a significant cellular or fibrotic reaction. The characteristics and progression of tissue reactions occurring at first alveolar duct bifurcations after a single brief asbestos exposure was defined using…