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m : fr., iewlnsohn's ltlnmrr Owa - 4.1.?6* tar Ylalt to Caealer. Itlaa tnd B.Yb..to. Saturday, 17.1.76 Depart Manchester 0655 Vll^ht BEI407 Deport London 1453 *0 ejj Arrlre Vancouver 1653 7i/n<8- Zl Sunday, IB.1.76 Monday, 19.1.76 Tuesday, 20.1.76 Vadnesday, 21.1,76 fhaxaiaf, 22.1.76 lUnii 1 Hyatt Bagtncy Hotel ' or e/o Caaalar libntoi Corporation Ltd.. 2000 Gutimaaa Tovar 109} Veat Haatinge St., Vancouver 761 JT5. Free Day Meet Caaalar TiaLmr Staff <W diecuaaion. Meet Caaalar Pawotmal Departsant and ... .. Dr. Dldeott - WD. . ' Moat with 1 Vorkaen'e I Offlcara. Onion and J Sal Government Offleialaani atlon Papartalt Medical: : ant vill also bn praaant.: . ; a.a\ Sr. Llltla, Jlreotor, V.O.S. V p.a.\ Depart for jptooo lake and Caaalar. 7; 7 !; . >*-: if `P i-iy v*A XT Friday, 23.1.76 Saturday, 24.1.76 Sunday, 26.1.76 Monday, 26.1.76 TOasday, 27.1.76 Vadnaaday, 28.1.76 ) Thursday, 29` .1.76` ) Friday, 30.1.76 ) Saturday, 3I.I.76 Sunday, 1,2.76 Monday, 2.2.76 Tueeday, 3.2.76 Evening slth townspeople fbr talk Dr. Val Soon Depart ] Iiaaliii - isj XrJ leonaelon * Vatsoa J VMtohern. to bo to Onset Sense. i%l ri 'i Raatiflth offll Ooraftaant, Mud dlsaaalen and < Craning -Sly Ineom la of Tukon Tarrltorlal "nt and Colon, talk, nations. . . KaJt with Jack SarrAand Mr. Staan. I' 1.00 p.af - fly Montreal -\lr Canada So. 148 nenaalona In Montreal - Bltal 1 Chataau Chaaplalny ' y Montreal to Saw York, Iybaatoa Manhattan, part Raw York for Manchester 1930 niBht Bl }}6 Dl' Lx^,eO~v| 'S '. i- . IRMlSlATtOM. rfc. __ 4 fa f>., ^ A*~*W * -^-***-7 f ^ ^ The Atlas Asbestos Company of Montreal hais been in operatlon slnea 1938. In tha boginning, they wara engaged eolaly In the converalon of material, but In 1948, they specialized In the manufacture of construction material. Insulation, gaskets, textiles and brake linings. These last three operations were successively discontinued so that since 1958, the com pany has specialised In the auuiufecture of construction material, insulation and pipest fiberglass has been added. The number of persons employed in the beginning was more than 500, today the number is around 350. Tha type of asbestos most used is phrysotilo extracted from mines In the province of Quebec (Bell) and from that in'British Columbia (Cassiar) 7 crocidolite coming fri *` >. , - Hat Africa has been entirely eliminated since " amosite is still employed in a proportion of arcasdinC as- > ' pecially in pipe manufacture. .' V . Considerable sums of money have been devoted to ventila tion in all tha departments, so that the dust count which was elevated until. 1970 declined considerably, slfcasSSri.'" Since January 1972 ve have adopted the counting of asbestos fibre by 6i#N netiV the method -* >iu..i.j-Uy membrane^and the mean rate in April 1974 reached a lower limit of 2 asbestos fibres per c.c.; 50 counting stations ere in operation and a survey is made regu larly at the rate of 10 readings per week. )/ . > I ft * n 'x^^> y~^ *f^V~efV^w . All employee* havo an annual medical examination including a "pulmonary x-ray, laboratory examinations such as urinalysis and a hemogram, and spiromstrlc tests. (HfelC ll) .. fi r t' jt was docided in I960, together with company officials and with the cooperation of the government of the province of Quebec, to examine all employees who wore exposed to asbestos for more . In effect, the evaluation of pulmonary incapacity in industrial illness is the responsibility, in the province of Quebec, of the Workmen's Compensation Corralssion, idilch* in 1936, named a cixmaittee of three chest specialists charged with' examining suspected cases ' ' /v*.- v?4; of pneumoconiosis. This Commission 1* to make recommendations as \ to the compensation to which employees with this disease are.entitled. : }$ - This la how the Coenlesion operates in cases of pneumoconiosis. On receipt of a request from a family doctor who has the.':^-^-iV;- patient,'the Workmen's Compensation Coumission opens a file, after obtaining all the necessary information from the employer and the employee regarding this individual,'* service record, the details//^:^, of the accident and the medical summary from the hospital wherethis' employee was treated, if this is the casei Included in this file is :. a detailed study, quantitative and qualitative, of the various dust ; : ; counts, past and present, in the different places where the claimant . has worked. The cosmlss loners are aware that present dust conditions are not the same as those existing 20 or 30 years ago and that, in the majority of cases, dust conditions from the year* 1930 to 1950 are difficult to pinpoint. For this reason, legal opinions ex pressed by the chest specialists are subject to the approval of the legislators. 8K*I I -m. ML $. -3- ` From the medical point of view, each worker concerned should undergo all clinical, radiological, electrocardlological, bacter- &MX* lologlcal. biochemical and physiological examinations and it is on these subjective and objective findings that the medical experts will evaluate the pulmonary incapacity. ^ UL 6) All expenses incurred during the period of time required by these examinations as well as transportation expenses are reim bursed to the employee and if compensation is accorded to him, it is retroactive to the day when the request was made by the employee's _ few WMK^ unt il doctor. The compensation is^generally permanent and can always be augmented up to 100% if the condition worsens^*** Qfa -- The thinking of the authorities of the Workmen.'* Compensation Comission is to benefit the injured worker whenever any doubt exists. . y^ Bara are the results obtained to datat rnBUT IVA) From the 249 out of 454 employees who have been under our . care since 1967, 152 were given compensation rt*flTff*seis sum Iilnj ml vl nil nm nf asbestoses /<> ^ ;; ' - In the group of 152 givan:compensation, 92 are still in the employ of the company, 34 have left the company, 10 are pensioned . and 16 are deceased. . Of the 97 employees not compensated, 90 are Still in the employ of the company. 3 have left, 2 are pensioned and 2 are deceased. There still remain about 205 employees who should undergo these remi- examinations when they have reached the point of 15 years of exposure -khefe medical reasons will justify these examinations. I have been asked to state specifically the causes for the 18 deaths among the employees since 1966. m I -4- The median age of theeo deceased employees is 5 years, frfigir fvf) The period of exposure in 1 case was less than 10 years. 2 cases between 10 and 14 years of exposure. ' 7 cases between IS and 19 years of exposure. S cases between 20 and 24 years of exposure. Of the 18 deceasedemployees, autopsies were performed on 10, 3 cases did not reveal asbestos, nasnly, there was one case of coronary thrombosis, one case of broncho-pneumonia and one case of cancerous metastasis in which the prime tumour was of . bronchial origin. ^"iWBU: IV c) /C^ * (DQb^ *4'employees had asbestosis in varying degrees, namely, * 3 . of asbestos is compensated 100% asal who died of cor pulmonale^ 4 cases of asbestosis associated with endo-bronchial caroincnasj ' -.rV Vi 3 cases of asbestosis associated with non-broncho-pulmonary vi;#: carcinomas. ifeI X cue of Mbaitofii associated with a pleural aesoethellona . :. ' . ' ' and '' vj 4 cases of asbestosis who died of various pathologies not , 'V-l.;., directly related wiilffie asbestosis or with a neoplasm. , (Wm 4 4m According to these statistics ol&wMMi the humber is not very tut*T ' .* isyesteatj one can deduce that the minimum time of exposure to . induce asbestosis is, from 15 to 20 years, that, on the other hand there exist individual susceptibilities that favour this disease and that the relationship between asbestosis and cancer, especially endo-bronchial cancer cannot be rejected until the contrary is / a i Ul a to * Ii_f . . . : o . o. lltta: SI : y ft * IIi 'S? oo I