Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 27, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba O tests fail to solidify health insulation link direct correlation Between vapor illness lacking workers in remove urea formaldehyde insulation from House at estimated Cost of tourist Alert and Gail Genest of Portage la camping in Are asked to Contact the nearest ramp detach ment concerning an urgent our mistake Story yesterday said wrongly that air exercises Over Western Canada Are being conducted by the North american air defence command since the Dian military organization has been known As the North american aerospace defence weather Winnipeg area forecast mostly sunny today and tomorrow with a High near 28 both Clear tonight with a Low near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba continuing warm and mostly sunny Cloudy periods and a Little cooler mostly sunny with temperatures near Normal readings of 23 and 10 Northern Manitoba Cloudy and cooler mainly sunny with temperatures near Normal readings of 18 and 7 sunday and Northwestern Ontario continuing sunny and warm Satur Day and Cloudy periods and a Little cooler Normal High Low temperatures Canada and the world Western express five tickets Worth each and five Worth each were chosen in the Western express lottery draw last the tickets Are 7046291 and the tickets Are and there Are prizes of for tickets with the last six digits of the top for the last five digits and for the last y to recognize oldest members participation is More than a slogan for the oldest members of Winnipeg its a Way of life for the 23 aged Between 60 and whole been Active members for 50 years and and that Worth so for the third year in a Row there gathering for a recognition banquet 10 at the Winnipeg Canoe club where be presented with with 71 years of swimming and volleyball behind Don is the oldest y the former insurance company manager was also a Canadian boxing Champion in 192223 and helped the Winnipeg rowing club win a Canadian title in arthritis has slowed him Down this last but Rowand said yesterday hell be Well enough to enjoy the ban now i spend most my time trying to keep things Friendly with my wife and cutting the he there Are no women among the 23 oldest members because the Myca didst go coed until about said Bill program wild Rice Harvest starts monday the wild Rice harvesting season in the wite Shell area will begin says a spokesman for the Interlake Reserve tribal up to people Are to take part in the Harvest on lakes leased from the Joe Anderson the Harvest is expected to last for about a be no mechanical picking will be allowed in wite Shell provincial Park Anderson it is up to the individual band chiefs to decide whether mechanical har vesting will be allowed outside the he the Price for wild As of was per he National Vancouver 22 30 for Wohn 27 24 27 25 24 25 23 20 my 21 22 23 21 27 14 33 24 31 22 h 10 m u w 12 is 13 11 14 10 9 7 19 19 17 11 7 19 11 7 20 ii 17 u 24 14 27 13 is 9 w 22 34 33 31 24 23 26 25 22 2s 24 24 deaths classified death r Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Eton of g 33 31 29 31 32 29 32 115 Mew of 2331 Pant Etna wife of Raymond Thomas lome Robert of 468 Sumach Harold of 295 Bannerman Laurel daughter of Elsie and Harold of 525 Maryland of of ban Joseph of 249 pet Stu rent husband of Bibiane Ruth of 145 Powers suite wife of Fulton Jan of 243 Inkster husband of Josephine sos Elspeth of widow of David wife of a gust que Tate Bori Boyem Mote than 60 want at Fisi dint of Winnipeg houses in which High concentrations of urea formaldehyde Vapours have been discovered have experienced health and yet tests of houses insulated with urea formaldehyde foam show no rect correlation Between the Vapours and health legitimate health complaints Are sometimes made by residents of houses in which marginal Tevels of formaldehyde vapor have been on the other residents of houses in which High test Levels Are found often have no comply anti of scratchy throats and other symptoms typical of allergic reactions to the foam its not adding said provincial government medical doctor William Adrian responsible for the provincial testing said be tween 60 and 70 of the 100 Home owners whose houses registered High vapor Levels had health l Jackson said there Are indications that people May become More sensitive to the foam Vapours Over after a your body seems to give he urea formaldehyde insulation was temporarily banned by the Federal government in after it was linked to nose and Throat Irurita in some it apparently leads to coughing dizzy vomiting and skin a recent Issue of the Canadian med ical association journal advises physicians to be aware of the nasal cancer in rats Laboratory tests conducted under the auspices of the consumer product safety commission have shown nasal cancer occurs in rats exposed to be tween six and 15 parts per million ppm of formaldehyde genetic mutations have also been documented in Laboratory but the products precise Impact on humans is a russian study has shown Mentru a Cycle disturbances in women exposed to formaldehyde in the work pregnant workers also had complications during pregnancy and their Newborn babies were under the Federal governments unofficial Standard for Safe Levels of formaldehyde Gas in Homes has been yet government spokesman Ray Arsenault concedes no one is sure whether the effects of the emissions Are nonexistent below that Flat is a level that it might not be Safe he the income limit in most european countries is the russian limit in the workplace is ppm and ppm in living in the United the Tim weight de average for a workplace is three ppm and the ceiling for eight hours of exposure is 10 income established by the american Industrial Hygiene Are set at v part 2 Peter associate professor in the department of Environ mental health at the University of Washington in said he would like to see Safe Levels set at there is no saying who the stuff can he one 25yearold Washington a physical education came Down with such severe symptoms she was awarded in it can strike virtually said but the most susceptible appear to be the very Young and very safety depends not Only on concen but on he Barbara Boyd of the 500member Vancouver based urea formaldehyde foam action association said Home owners on the West coast Are opposed to the testing programs undertaken by the Federal government and various provincial tests show virtually nothing since some people can have a reaction to the insulation with out there being excessive Levels of formaldehyde in the we want to keep this product off the she after the Ottawa the Federal department of consumer and corporate affairs set up a hazardous products Board of review which is currently conducting Cross country hearings on urea formaldehyde the Federal government also is pre paring to test insulated and non insulated Homes across Canada this fall for Gas about 100 of the test Homes Are located in the Manitoba government began one of the most Active testing programs in the country in Al though the Ontario government pledged to Survey All of the Homes insulated with the foam in that no work has yet Alberta officials Are testing about eight Homes a Breysse dismissed the claim of manufacturers that urea formaldehyde foam is harmless if it is installed the molecular Bond of the particularly under conditions of High humidity and Breaks Down he obviously you can complicate the problem by not mixing it he Breysse said the insulation cannot even be lauded As a heat because shrinking diminishes its ther Mal resistance the Canad an government standards acceptance Board withdrew its approval of the product for several months in 1977 because tests showed the insulation real Thermal resistance was Only 60 per cent of what had been urea formaldehyde insulation is pre pared on site from a mixture of urea formaldehyde an acidic and a foaming phosphoric one the the Basic can eat into the Structure of a corroding electrical systems and destroying Metal mortar and the department of National health and welfare has identified six kinds of fungi which can grow on deteriorating foam and spread throughout the Large concentrations of the spores from these holds May prompt allergic traces in hair rinse Breysse said High formaldehyde Levels Are also emitted by particle Board which is used extensively in furniture and Wall a test in a Winnipeg lumber store which Sells chipboard registered formaldehyde Levels of 10 he traces of formaldehyde have also been found in hair rinses and tooth the outdoor atmosphere and automobile said Jackson said his staff also found that a single lit cigarette registered Levels of ppm on the provinces testing it would appear that if you have a Houseful of you Are getting just As High a he three different sales at the same time All this week at both floating ecstasy locations the prices c Down truckload prices All this week on Bookcase Wicker furniture and Wall to Occam wat Irbid now you can buy a solid Plano Complete with Heater and of Elf fill kit for As Little As we have four different Bookcase models on All at truckload Winnipeg largest i Wicker selection is now on Sale i Back room i weve 1 increased the and Range of our Wicker furniture items in come and see it Art the Best priced Pic Tures in Winnipeg Are now and we have something for every Ilg Small All ail subject Many by famous special sidewalk Sale this saturday at both floating ecstasy very Low prices on one k of a kind discontinued slightly damaged goods Etc Buu is Jivu Lubus bunt ;