299 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 15 of 15
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Medical study · Medical research · 1977
Informing Workers and Employers About Occupational Cancer
…committee heard from government agencies, unions, companies and physicians. It also held an open meeting (some 55 attendees) and a symposium (149 attendees plus 30 invited speakers), and a letter to unions, trade associations and public…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Dangerous and cancer-causing properties of products and chemicals in the oil refining and petrochemical industry: Part V--Asbestos-caused cancers and exposure of workers in the oil refining industry
…mailed a questionnaire on asbestos use, disposal and handling to Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers local unions representing many oil companies. The article does not say how many unions replied. About 400 bulk samples from one…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Banning asbestos in Asia: campaigns and strategies by the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV)
…Victims (ANROAV), a network of victims' groups, labor NGOs, trade unions and labor activists. Citing other sources, the author wrote that Asian countries accounted for about 60% of global asbestos consumption in 2000, mostly chrysotile used…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Shooting the messenger: the vilification of Irving J. Selikoff
…meeting that sought a medical man "capable of standing off Dr. Selikoff." The authors wrote that his research division did not depend on unions for money, that he never testified in litigation after the early 1970s…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Asbestos: old foe in 21st century developing countries
…asbestosis, although at least two locally contracted cases were known from an earlier study. In workplace workshops they ran with Jamaican trade unions, less than 20% of participants were somewhat aware of published asbestos information. The…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Greater public awareness of health hazards of asbestos exposure
…1,500 adults 8 questions. The surveys bracketed a public awareness campaign about the dangers of asbestos exposure that federal departments, labor unions and employers launched in August 1978 through television, radio, magazine advertisements and other…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Abnormal pulmonary function associated with diaphragmatic pleural plaques due to exposure to asbestos
…most of them members of boilermakers', pipefitters', metal, or chemical unions. Their mean age was just over 60, with over 30 years of asbestos exposure. Results for 21 non-smokers and 43 current smokers were compared…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Public health advocacy strategies to influence policy agendas: lessons from a narrative review of success in trade policy
…and a coalition of asbestos victims, health NGOs, trade unions and health experts. The review called this ban Canada's in one passage and Quebec's in another. The authors concluded that technical evidence is important…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1980
The Right to Know The Duty to Inform
…none sought reassignment. The author also discussed material safety data sheets, videotapes, unions, emergency preparedness and medical education. The author concluded that these groups must become better informed, and that occupational physicians and nurses have a…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) and its influence on international organizations
…particularly in regard to asbestos and other fibers and some chemicals and pesticides. Many ICOH members are employees of corporations or consultants to industry, serving multinational corporate interests to influence public health policy in the guise…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1985
Asbestosis, pulmonary symptoms and functional impairment in shipyard workers
A group of 339 male shipyard workers responded to an invitation via shipyards, unions, and news media to be studied for the presence of asbestosis and its functional effects. Of these, 288 were white or black…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Asbestos Program 1987-1992
…the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) implemented a nationwide asbestos program aimed at preventing asbestos-related risks in good cooperation with governmental authorities, industry, trade unions, the health care and insurance systems, and mass media…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Experience of Japan in Achieving a Total Ban on Asbestos
…without deliberation. Wide support for such a ban subsequently grew, however, largely due to the actions of trade unions and civil societies in establishing a coalition, raising awareness, organizing asbestos victims and their families, and propagating…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Controversies at international organizations over asbestos industry influence
…of asbestos use and public health implications. In recent years these efforts have been met with international opposition from scientists, governments, unions, and environmental groups, and a pattern of improprieties, often involving the same individuals and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Evaluation of the national health surveillance program of workers previously exposed to asbestos in Spain (2008)
…Vigilancia de la Salud de los Trabajadores Expuestos al Amianto [PIVISTEA]) with employers' organizations, trade unions and scientific societies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the PIVISTEA to improve its effectiveness. A questionnaire with…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1992
Recruitment for the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial (CARET) to prevent lung cancer in smokers and asbestos-exposed workers
…Haven. Asbestos-exposed men aged 45 to 69 were recruited through physicians, workers' compensation programs, labor unions, plaintiffs' attorneys and a Navy asbestos surveillance program. Smokers aged 50 to 69 were recruited mainly from health insurers…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Asbestos in Scotland
…of government regulatory initiatives, and the ramifications of contracting asbestos-related diseases for sufferers and their families. Current issues are investigated, stressing the agency of workers, trade unions, sympathetic local councils, and, especially, the victims' pressure…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
A hazardous society? Individual versus community responsibility in cancer prevention. Third annual Matthew B. Rosenhaus Lecture
…total. He concluded that personal action through a "Personal Cancer Plan" offered the greatest immediate benefit, and that governments, employers and unions still had to control exposures. He also argued that scientists should express risks clearly.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Eighth international mesothelioma interest group
…physicians, public health officials, politicians, unions of asbestos workers, lawyers and the public at large. During the past few years, there has been significant progress in understanding the process of mineral fiber carcinogenesis and mesothelioma pathogenesis…