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THE GAZK1TK 11TI! UECEMUKH 1975
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i- ?:* major C :cj.v Industry.
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IkiteJ y&wit? a doctor ;'..*.v.er nJf'OXr-.:
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to some tftse* * (dated to vviterday ihtt :? 454
asbestos.
workers he ejtom'ntd. 1)2
A>;xnt hai( of tfci victim* ^errlvod eon:;':r.u;.*a from
ssf/ercd from i.i atbtilos* the Worltmvi < Compensation
Board after acf.'etir.f from fri>e Kent Brauury. :`rt'
an kskklovrtUlc'i cisease prorjwbliy-Nmated ccrjr.ti
such as asbtslosis.
tco* caftirmtu, oititM'i
taucry told a four-man Landry not to name ti..
ccr.*.v.i::ee itiMyto* health compuy.
c::i Id the mltilts tomore than 109 of
tio canc
tl.nw compensated are slUI- Landry a!4 be s;.i 'll I4-
witrt toe company, which workers who he.l
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processes asbestos iitrer with sttilr*? tores !s !
Jn;s aloes and other tabid* years or mu** to tin.* v. ;r)
men's -CompKJ-tniD v.. ?.-'
special chest dhusi com- workers were expoeod 1? av that asbsstoiU Is eattied? "completely elimlnatci.
millet.
lihm for :% aren$a vhen asbestos fibres arc given (hat it
'`There's n*i L-eatnvnt for "! 1$ tott^ars. heiftid.
blocked in tht lungs. pro*V masslrt cipostgo to ezitMo*
those who have worked In Li&dry nr^i tcom* vcr.tirg i`*9 eacbacce of oa>> dasLM
the industry h: 15 yearn pdlsory medical cbfreknips gin through the blood and * Ho called on employ ore to mcro." said L.vtfrv, now as- fvr Asbestos industry overworking LHe bear*. - . >:;tIifiilaato blue acd'trewn aseiated with the Msison- whers besame "tc can't
Mjvc Ri>/cno*>at licspiial. see syniptorsj n::lcs the
VAt. that point, yea v:n't stop the dieoeae. -- ikcre's
no rare." The l52 compensated
v:ct;m already hn 2> per cent of the asbsitOMf dis*
He told the pibiic bearing
l.i s teriu it strict rec> .loklc vMt* llbrcs al a r:oii.rt.nditiom ti tbs am.; ihcca Iwa fibres per curie
imime. Lmtry tU all
plus pradcctioa tbould bt; Iste DEATHS, Pjt 21
Deaths linked to asbestos;': ...
. (Cenlinurd from I'cge I) soerobtry asbestos lfid,tt<y.'* Cartivr to the bearing, 4ho
lie <;.etec Asteiias Mu- Industrial Medical. Assxla-
centimetre of air
Inc As/j-iiitiaa. repr;:ent!ng tier* u( Quelee reptesentirg
So limit dii!> now and the provincial government
tai art tiir.it* of five fibres p.i* cu>.;c crntLv.etr*i of air. effective cv l?TI.
Rveatise VO per cent cf sv bcimrii victims are rmok-
r s. Lir.dry urged t-nnieg cf smoking la ail company
five ;r Queers. ?r*$< r.ted a C-pa/o b.ief io the r:n*n;ttee rtpfsing an atiolute limit !;r rnrant of as'.eitos fibres fr. the 4ir.
It svygesled instead **a stan>i>rl be obsarnd wher ever it is technic*fly possi
abcut tZ) todustilal doctors called for norms of two iitaei per cubic centimetre of m.*. strict control, of r.-.i;Tu. incJical eumiriations * for v.'.'rkcrs and more re- *
search cn the effects of as* bcsv?s on health.
lira*.
ble to f.:e plant and a stand- "Tht Idea) would bt a
He e?.*o celled for comptd* aid :a te reached drewr.crp dost of rcro fibre per cubic
sory medical examinations with ir. possible ^itvnutive centimetre of air, which
fir all starting feeler em of wonting a masn or apply- would force the dosing of ployees and pelting vi regu- ins any bliicr sL'pp'er/cnisry asbestos mines and plants '
terduit email.
security tntasure.'>
using asbestos," association
FIRMS flGMT LIMIT
JTio ciswcittoa isijtJ ^ve ^rvvjJrnt lloflorlus Milhlto
inc fer'fill 'accelerated dc- jhl
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T Uil.lV il l> .T.y AlJ IO f.nrijt:<*n cf 56 r*r vrr.l. as "Sn the absenco cf (he
Iti&kc thce fcec-MincncIi* yr-r.va by the tencrj! gov- t*le. vc'vc got to establish
lljrj to rhrrifcitc <f>'e*.OStS eniurni." for er.vitcr.n^; l an acceptable and practical
.and ditnmUb the m.::.ber of crctrol cvjipmcr.t. a!^> ;e- threshold where risk of sick*
workets suar^-tiMc to
a tax ded;.'t::a i-: r,less cawed by. asbestos
raster M lU ^-vir-iary iutt <r ll:U cf iti? *j\t p: would he reduced to the
tiacts by working in the the invr:taieat
niirlmum.