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FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1980 Mar 11 DOC QAMA016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Barry Castleman Notes - Continuing Investigation of Asbestos Companies in Canada 8 Barry L. Castleman ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT / Box 230A Valley Road Knoxville Maryland 21758 / 301-834-7787 Continuing Investigation of Asbestos Companies in Canada Having no to Albert success reaching unionists Dormay to ask him to try Carle and Mainville in Montreal I have also asked CBC journalist Benger for help on this 416-925-2145 416-925-2145 416-925-2145 , he's in Toronto I wrote Robin In an effort to track down the origin of the Le Doux articles in printed English version I called journalist Wendy King in Toronto who had given this to me She traced it to former - workerwith asbestosis Eddie Caucher who has an original he got from noted labor activist adalyn 416-668-8624 industrial safety chairman for the union I assume Cauchy Peron Mr. was that before retiring with total disability from il and he is disappointed the government is not trying to close down the asbestos plants J- and a law firm that reportedly is doing resuarch onin the history o416-366- f 416-366possibly possibly other asbestos firms Golden and LevLiensvoninson in foronto 416-366- 3791 -- Aubrey Aubrey Golden Wendy is now with a covernment occupational says r Cauchy worked at -i's Scarborough 921 ayriew Ave ua LIN 152 health agency plant and now 416-523-2981 lives in Whithy She Ontario ve, Cauchy began working at l's plant near Toronto in 1953 18 men retired at one time after a government medical survey and was with Transite ity four years ago The plant opened in 1948 and makesTransite pice they have also made Flexboard asbestos panels 1958-63 1958-63 and brake shoes 1952- 34 1968 A current investigation investigation was begun when a year old worker developed mesotheliome and the UAV went on to find death certificates of 8 others who dicd from ashestos Actually a larger number of men are known to have died from working in that plant I've heard a figure of over 40. Dr. Cauchy is sure there were no compensated cases before 1960 Through the legislature Hr Cauchy has influenced the asking of questions to officials He is sending me the list of current outstanding questions government The concern is that many have been set up for which deal with compensation The difference is once they die rehabilitation instead of being pensioned there is nothing for the family in comp paymentpsayments The Beaudry Report issued by a judge in Quebec in 1976 has lots of historical information I have never this partlypartly because I couldn't find in Ang- read didriecrtect DDoonnany nay to get after it and either find it in Inglish Albert lish dealing with history since the 1949 strike of the LeDoux report an original print has ro publisher listed Cauchy's copy unable to locate a copy of it in any Canadian library As it is from He has been effort should be made to discover this East Broughton where Carey operated operated some the other companies in Quebec Quebec The report Presse parts inCarey's records as well as those of abstracted of it it abstracted came out in english and La May and wants to help in any way he can Mr. C is most cooperative 11 1980