Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday october 10, 1978 grand opening balloons door prizes free roses i 50 Coffee donuts saturday oct. 14-9 .-9p.m. Nation Lack of safeguards against chemicals hit t jeep City 90ostlrfc pm. 669-3574 Ottawa up with More than two million chemical compounds in existence scientists have grown increasingly concerned about their effects on Man particularly in the work place. And the Lack of adequate safeguards against some of Trio a chemicals was made apparent last week in a Federal report about Canada s compliance with the International labor code. As far As Canada is concerned there is not even a list of cancer causing substances affecting employees says Ken Eaton of the department s International and provincial relations Branch. The problem is a crucial one Eaton said in a recent interview and United states government scientists said last month occupational exposure to cancerous substances probably causes at least 20 per cent of All cancer deaths in that country. That figure is a conservative one they said and estimates run As High As 38 per cent with Asbestos singled out As the most dangerous. Howard Currie director general of the newly formed Canadian Centre for occupational health and safety which makes its Public debut in Winnipeg next week said the assessment and designation of hazards leading to occupational cancer will have to be tackled immediately. The Centre established in april by parliament is Nei ther a government department nor a Crown Corpora Tion. Former labor minister John Munro said then the 1979amc Concord dl2 door Sedan Why has the am Concord do been such a great Success since its introduction value buyers Are impressed by All the luxury features included As Standard equipment. The 79 am Concord do continues to offer outstanding value with crushed velour reclining seats Wood grained instrument panel Quartz digital clock Landau roof White Wall tires and much As Standard equipment. And for 79 the new formal Grill with Quad rectangular headlights adds a further look of distinction. Combine these do features with Concord s smooth quiet ride and you have that luxury car feeling at a compact car Price. Like every i97m am car. Concord is tacked by american motors buyer Protection plan and he am id month i of oration from corrosion warranty. See Jour am dealer for Complete details now 1979 Concord do 4 door Sedan m my is am. Concord. Hunt proc Iii i it am Arpin he ii in Anu Trimm i lop k in i i Molcil is .1 licensed . Rich in. Pan a motors 1978 Ltd. 1430 Ellice Avenue Winnipeg 204 780-3891 Queen s Park motors 300 main Street Selkirk 482-6034 Midtown motor sales Kenora limited he flyway will of inborn 007 468-3338 Regency am 900 Nairn ave. Winnipeg 204 669-3574 North end Royality 437 Tupper Street n. Portage la Praria 204 857-4971 heritage equipment Highway s1 wast Virden 204 748-2167 Len s . Motors Ltd. 441-1 oth Street Brandon 204 727-0538 Ptarmigan Auto sales Ltd. 161 Hayes Road Thompson 204 677-2369 Helgason and Arason main Street Cypress River 204 743-2276 Peters Auto sales 197 main Street Steinbach 204 475-2571 Hollier s service 306 Green Streel flin flon 204 g87-4222 individual has a right to know what risks he or she undertakes at work and the Centre has a responsibility to promote that the Centre will have no regulatory Powers. Currie says that is our real strength because As a self govern ing organization it will not have to rely on departmental approval or bureaucratic red tape. May think of us in terms of a toothless Tiger but one of the difficulties in Canada is there is no Cen trial source of Good scientifically based data to advise regulators about occupational Currie said. However the science Council of Canada published last year a series of reports on government policies for the containment of six poisons Asbestos Lead Mercury oxides of nitrogen radiation and Vinyl Chloride. Included were recommendations for a similar National advisory Council on occupational and environmental health to be responsible for publishing standards of maximum permissible Levels for hazards including those already listed. The reports designed to draw attention to the regu lations governing toxic substances in the work place illustrate the considerable confusion that exists within and among governments which is accentuated by the regulators the Council said. Referring in particular to Asbestos and Mercury the Council concluded the Federal government is not aggressive enough in using whatever political muscle it has when the Poison is concentrated in one prov Ince. And jurisdictional problems have made Mercury pollution in Northern Ontario difficult to Deal with the Council said. Was the identification control and amelioration of this problem the responsibility of the department of National health and welfare of environment Canada of the provincial departments of health of the department of Indian affairs and Northern develop ment or All of the science Council asked. Quebec for example with its Many regulations on toxic elements such As Asbestos and excessive number of administrators make those regulations difficult to apply one Council report said. Yves Berube Quebec natural resources minister has said his government is preparing a report on occupational health and safety which will include the prob Lem of asbestosis. Inhaled Asbestos which can damage lung cells and tissues causes asbestosis. The potential Hazard was first suggested in 1907, the Council said. Quebec has been a world Leader in Asbestos mining for More than a Century. Undoubtedly constitutional factors influence the pos Tures adopted but the Federal reticence displayed in the Asbestos and Mercury to be More readily explained by historic balances of political Power in the Canada Quebec Ontario the Council said. But Federal regulations can successfully be applied As in the recent edict by the government department which called last month for a 95 per cent reduction in Vinyl Chloride Ern Mission by Canadian firms. The Gas has been linked As a cause of Angi Sarco a a form of liver cancer and other serious health hazards. The new regulations Are expected to reduce Vinyl Chloride emission to 250 tons a year from tons by july 1, 1979, the department said. Unionist urges probe into workers deaths James Bay que. Up Veteran Trade unionist Michel Chartrand has called for a Quebec govern ment inquiry into the recent deaths of three workers at the Multi billion hydroelectric project in this Northwestern Corner of Quebec. Chartrand a confederation of National Trade unions adviser told workers during a weekend tour of the Region the deaths resulted from failure to observe elementary rules of safety. To protect the he asked Why does t the government enforce safety rules As strictly As it enforces traffic Laws or even Protection of wild spokesmen for the James Bay Energy corp. Said the workers had been attempting to defuse unexploded dynamite that had been discovered As trac tors cleared blasted Rock from a Quarry site. The Quebec federation of labor another Union representing Many of the thousands of workers on the site was Quick to condemn the Accident As the result of incredible patterns and colors for All rooms pre pasted Strippa bleh solid Sheet fabric backed Vinyl w Western Argrave wll air your Bome at r vinyls pre pasted scrub Bable strip Pable resistant single Roll pain Wal covering ample free Larking pm. 942-7317-8 can accommodate 130 cars ;