FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE DATE 2004 DOC CAPE020 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Article - McCulloch & Tweedale Double Standards The Multinational Asbestos Industry & Asbestos Disease in South Africa The Politics of Environmental Health Policy The Politics of Environmental Health Policy DOUBLE STANDARDS THE MULTINATIONAL DISEASE IN SOUTH AFRICA Jock McCulloch and Geoffrey Tweedale This study documents and contrasts the development of knowledge about related disease ARD in South Africa and the United Kingdom It also contributes to the globalization debate by exploring corporate decision- making in multinational industry Between and 1960s the leading U.K. asbestos companies developed a sophisticated knowledge of ARD though in South Africa where the leading companies such as Turner & Newall and Cape Asbestos owned mines there was little attempt to apply this knowledge Asbestos mines and their environments in South Africa were uniquely dusty and ARD was rife Social and political factors in South Africa especially apartheid allowed these companies to apply double standards even after 1960 when the much more serious hazard of mesothelioma was identified This shows the need for greater regulation of multinationals Because of the lack of such regulation in the early 1960s an opportunity was lost to prevent the current high morbidity and mortality of ARD both in South Africa and worldwide The purpose of this article is fold to document the development knowledge about an occupational health hazard in multinational industry and to contribute to the literature on globalization The chosen industry is asbestos the country is South Africa Asbestos now one ofthe studied industrial and environmental the history of the American asbestos industry Flynn 3 and McCulloch 4 have studied South Africa Wikeley 5 Tweedale 6 and Johnston and McIvor 7 have explored the British experience International Journal of Health Services Volume 34 Number 4 Pages 663-679 2004 '2004 Baywood Publishing Co.
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PFOA does not break down once in the environment, leading to widespread buildup and bioaccumulation.
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PFOA does not break down once in the environment, leading to widespread buildup and bioaccumulation .
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FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE DATE 2004 DOC CAPE020 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Article - McCulloch & Tweedale Double Standards The Multinational Asbestos Industry & Asbestos Disease in South Africa The Politics of Environmental Health Policy The Politics ofEnvironmental Health Policy DOUBLE STANDARDS THE MULTINATIONAL ASBESTOS INDUSTRY AND ASBESTOS DISEASE IN SOUTH AFRICA Jock McCulloch and Geoffrey Tweedale This study documents and contrasts the development of knowledge about asbestos disease ARD in South Africa and the United Kingdom It also contributes to the globalization debate by exploring corporate decisionmaking in a multinational industry Between the 1930s and 1960s the leading U.K. asbestos companies developed a sophisticated knowledge of ARD though in South Africa where the leading companies such as Turner & Newall and Cape Asbestos owned mines there was little attempt to apply this knowledge Asbestos mines and their environments in South Africa were uniquely dusty and ARD was rife Social and political factors in South Africa especially apartheid allowed these companies to apply double standards even after 1960 when the much more serious hazard of mesothelioma was identified This shows the need for greater regulation of multinationals Because of the lack of such regulation in the early 1960s an opportunity was lost to prevent the current high morbidity and mortality of ARD both in South Africa and worldwide The purpose of this article is fold to document the development of knowledge about an occupational health hazard in a multinational industry and to contribute to the literature on globalization The chosen industry is asbestos the country is South Africa Asbestos is now one of the studied industrial and environmental health hazards reflecting the enormous current and projected mortality from asbestos disease ARD Brodeur 1 and Castleman 2 have documented the history of the American asbestos industry Flynn 3 and McCulloch 4 have studied South Africa Wikeley 5 Tweedale 6 and Johnston and McIvor 7 have explored the British experience International Journal of Health Services Volume 34 Number 4 Pages 663-679 2004 '2004 Baywood Publishing Co.
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In particular, biases resulting from the healthy worker effect, from inaccurate classification of exposure, and from inadequate study power can bias relative risk estimates towards the null and lead to true associations being missed.
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Unrepaired or misrepaired oxidative DNA damage can result in DNA strand breaks and mutations [13,14] that may lead to irreversible preneoplastic lesions.
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MINIREVIEW Asbestos-Induced Pulmonary Toxicity: Role of DNA Damage and Apoptosis DAYA UPADHYAY AND DAVID W.
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Guide for the Safe Handling of Fluoropolymer Resins 3rd edition : June 2005 A technical paper from a series produced by: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT G u i d e for the safe handling This guide has been developed by the members of the Fluoropolymers Committee of the PlasticsEurope, the professional representative body for the European polymer producers.
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Sev eral PR and law firms have taken the lead at aiding cor porate producers of dangerous goods.
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