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j. w. ROBERTS LI. I I ED |fnw W.|i irt.) MIDLAND WORKS. ARMLEY. LEED! 12. EN3LANO LONOM OT'.. i) victokia >mm. WtSTMINitfA iWI r<# *> <! lyth July '%9 Sarto R, FIamendon. Esq. , Sanitary Engineer. Ministry of Health, Diwiald of Industrial Hygiene, 1570 St. Hubert Street, Montreal, Quebeo, Canada, i/ihi-lo Dear Sir, - " Thank you nrjr much for approaching ue in yours of the 11th on the poaaible Injurious effect to workers operating our asbestos spraying prooess as used by the Atlas Asbestos Co, Ltd., of Montreal, ... The spraying of asbestos is not a scheduled occupation under the 1931 Asbeatosls Medioal Soheme in this oountry so, that.the workers them , selves have not beea siibjeot to periodio examination, but, nevertheless, we have for nany years'aaintainad a very olose watch on this question and, as a result, oan fairly say that we know of no single oase where workman or woman whose only oontaot with asbestos has arisen through their operation of our asbestos spraying prooess, have suffered any 111effect. This includes not cully our experience la Orest Britain, but that of our other lurcpeaa Licensees, as far as' we are awars. This favourable position is, no doubt, assisted by the fact that we insist ea all operators being adequately trained before they,, are allowed to ` operate the machinee and process, so that the creation of dust.la minimised and that which is created is aurrotnded by a considerable aaouat of :: atorirad -ster. ` 'f. .. Me have oarried out nuoh researoh work.infu^Ooursa of our' . | efforts to achieve the highest possible allalnati'oa'&'fduat and,' in this : oceneotloe, we would, draw your attention to the faot^that we hews reoenttjh patented a method of 'rendering the fibre duatless prior to spraying by evenly damping It with a small amount of water In a apeaially constructed'^'' machine; ; this Is ooversd by Canadian Patent Number VV6,896.< Likewise, in order to simplify the obtaining of these beneflolal results we have -. recently applied for a patent for an l^rovsd form of! spraying *< ' : whlah damps the fibre automatically, ,and la covered by Canadian Ajpplloiation' _ . '.7 Miafcar 371,7*7# , ..X-..U /' *'>: + . : '.All our latent type asbeatomsptay aaohinaa;,inoorporata'thla ,, lateat hqrsnant, and ew are proceeding: ea quiokly'ee poaaible to oon^ vert all axletlng maohlnas, so that so believe the risii when'spraying our specially prepared asbestos fibre airings will be largely dlsoounted Continuation Ho.l Sarto H. Plamondon, Esq. J. w. NOfttura LTD.. AWMLCY . 19th July, The Atlas Aaba.'tos Oo, Ltd. i'.-.vh been keptlnformed of U1 developments, and henoeforth only nm. type smchinas will bs supplied to them, ..