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From the Montreal Star# Tuen.T^ '* Dec* 23# 1975 Asbestos firm set own fibre stanclaicls By LINDA CAllIfl . . . Stoi' Staff tteporfj George Harp, prtjldenlcl Allas Asbestos Oa, says "largAumber" el hla 90S umploytts have I related diseases, but theOmpany .has epeai tM,m tlaee Hit f dint- tip tie cause attach 4 la a letter submitted tofeidft Ben* Baaulry. head of a govenkienl taqidrf bvustlgatlng satsty cant la the asbestos industry. Ur. i said that dace l?0, hla companyJ mated ta redan the asbestos cant ta two Cbm per adds i metre et all'. ' ' *Wa, sodettodk, as snaaiftsj, aicIMmpait&li standard (I tsri fibres per cubic etn-1 flsaetre aid we bare attained that * standard.11 Ur. Barfe wrota In the ' Ittia', n sapy of irhlcb eu ohtataed 'tgrimllMnniiSna Ur. Barra complained that iha testimony of termer caapany phyalctan Dr. Philippe Landiy led to "mlafwwlfiltwifjyftp1* urii^ ^mlelnaitlit^ Ddt|e - Dr. Lindiy had told (ha govern, not hxpdiy, act up to detcnntaa ( briber the government proposal t ta asbestos limit of live fibres | cubic cuatlfflctre at air as at IDT! .adequate* Hut esbcsioa-preccsslnq duslrles should limit fibres ta] fibres per cubic ecniimolre. ` Quebec baa na fibre limit Mbcatos dust fibres Inhaled durlnJung periods of time produce tung-sarrlng known as usbesiosis that coijcausc , death and can lead la oilier d lncludbi| cancer. J Wl Ike a (naming AllasIsbetlos Co., Dr. Landry had aaldfhal be- lureea WJ and MIL he UH exam ined 4M employres at accompany flh srhich he was associated. He aald II of II rrplovers who died' wllhln lltal period sidlertd tram as- bcslos-rclaletf diseases. Including can cer. and another |M were placed an workmen's eompensallon for a Iha a- Ibi-rtlalcd dlscasca. * latest flfores show 12} Alla amptcryeos recetra workmen's campcasa- Mr. Barjt eomi ta hit tetter that hla company was 'easily Idtnll- Bed" by Dr. Landry*! testimony os tha plnca when the lion died and the Impression given . Iha test!- snocry was that has "aa real espetm about tha Ith at Its am- pbyaro and this la true. *1 refer you to Philippe Dural and Dr. Fi aft*, officials of Iha Quebec Wl i'a Compensa- tin " ` wba are twan at aad activities to plant. tnndnrda taour With leact of our adder*, acuta laid cooled, we mantaay el apathy tewardatha ' doyea...,"ha ktr^arge added that ladaatry Uga o( IhcashedMhatarda cotrot methadt had "hot hero . ftu advanced" before m sehaa tfrm wdettook ha cocstrof ma tt. . . Ha said Iha dnn agreed srttb most Frecoarmeodutloot Dr. Landry had ' made to the commission. Including medical exambitllcna of workers, an asbestos dual QmK at In fibres per cubia centimetre (or Iha type at asbessoaeemeot maaufactura dona by hla Umdstal lira, Ttslla by twin- ' meal toapectan aad aralubilUy of alrCtst restilU to worker]. Ihesa an already In (Bed, ha 1 , said, adding' that Iha company took ^dll dud cuunta ln JIM, and J77 so `tr this year. . -, , Naas at Ihcaa caunlawaaoverfly* i per cubic ceafliaeln sad must ! Oder two flbrct.besaid. . company presided said hla Grm\scs ChryiotUa aad Amcaltoaa- hestoaKaot Crocodottt* asbestos, in its manulmuring processes. It, white asbestos. Is con sidered dk least dangerous asbestos flfcn erst%s the onty eat mined In Quebec, starting to the Quebec Asbcslos UliUsnAssocloUoc. Crocodotlle, ' blue asbestos.TO considered (he most dangenut andVnoslte. bnwn asboxtea. It between me two, according to studies quoted Ukpn sssedaUen brief tothe Deuudry conktillce. Mr. Barge sold his company baa no evtdcncs Amosiw Is more danger- aua Ihon Ouyiolila bul It to. It .will be eliminated. , > Hr* HiO, Lowlnaoba, flochdala. BCl/lB To s <D "Copy rn/n/iAv/BSDB Hr. So BnrgoVv t Atlas Aaboatoa Cowpnayo Ilvialoo of Bolin Anboatoo Hine* V-' ; Ltd., 9600 HooholagnSt* Montreal IU 1V1 ' . '. '>/:_ ' ;.'.yv' .; / . \ : \` ' 15th Dao*asbor> 1975 . .jl- Le-er (tangsa / Further bo mr latter to you oF 2$th Havaobor, 1 should likr to.sngulM :j;\. ua__btWonj_.to_h--_Bom-dr/naI-yewt, w26.omtuheld, nboftaoormoroannot-elucd-t-lntog /yoyud*aF-lnbocorumomeaiottaonnivoawwmolmimbthhfOKKrrlW.. SSIibXoowMoail'll'aa;;y:-4..v ViaoMTif# ; _' ^ -- . t'o. ' ' ' ' to." 1 aa onalootn# herewith For your iaFoantlca n pdhsoototooopngr 'opfim' isWr/'ddrroaPHtrf-: vi ^ lblutauqr tfaua Far. Z should Ilk* to stay lss Nontroal;.26khj'Vv,' January, when I depart For TruabuU "------ *' * *': ........ days t tha Corporate headquarters o bo loav* bha V.B.A# cm Jlab January m, me . r^._ aeeb wlbh your approval, will you kindly lob na hBoWna.'apapdlljr: < . so bhab Z nlghb Flnallaa ay tzwvel arrangaaanto, ' Could; ' " auseaab way* and aaana ot (*tUs# tram Ftnoourar ,bpi; bo Coonaabloabe ' ...........: - .......... ' <-w.' WlsrtUp# ysu blto ijv-^t* of tlse Seansh', j^.fctud i taunt ' H.C, Lowlnaohn, PS. Tcur lattur oF 9tv Bectahtr 1975 received bndny. I bzus'b .^hnii tha blJM1 allocateJ Frcua the 26th to 28th oF January will be long' osocsgha'vr' polild you plcaac lab no know urgently so that I osa I'inalls* ** Vvewei 'aMziur*'