Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ban Ottawa waffling blamed for hard times by Ingeborg Boyette the Federal governments inconsistent stand on urea formaldehyde Insu lation has contributed to the demise of 180 Cit based insulation firms Over the past four according to Winnipeg Don president of the Mani Toba insulation contractors Assoc a said a ban on insulation has frightened some homeowners into thinking All insulating materials Are leading to declines in business activity even among firms which never handled they have destroyed a Good Indus he although urea formaldehyde insula Tion was first introduced in it was banned by the Federal government in the ban was lifted in 1978 despite warnings from the National research in the National association of attorneys general in the called for a Stop to sales and the state of Massachusetts began hearings the following year which led to the prohibition of other states soon followed while All this was going the Federal government introduced the Ca Nadian Home insulation the Chip program encouraged the use of foam insulation by offering Home owners Grants to insulate their the expected surge in demand also attracted Many new insulation companies into the when the Canadian government again pulled the foam off the shelves last insulators were left to take the the result has been a decline in the number of Winnipeg insulation companies from about 250 listed in the City phone Book in 1977 to about 70 two Winnipeg custom insulation systems and big Jim insulation experts declared bankruptcy during the past few in both the Federal ban foam was cited by owners As the principle cause of their Sherry partner in big Jim said dozens of her customers have called to accuse the com Pany of installing Poison insulation in their but she insisted the foam has no ill effects on health if it is installed pro the Samyn Ashens Home is insulated with the offending yet neither the couple or their two children have been harmed in any she Ernie part owner of Atlas applicators said the ban Cut into his business almost Alt of atlass business had consisted of injecting the Walls of older Homes with foam he the foaming equipment sits Bruhn also said there is nothing wrong with the insulation if it is applied trouble with foam part 3 yet he said he has received Many Calls from Panicky customers looking for the cause of some Quirky health Bruhn said his firm has removed for free foam insulation from attics and basements of two customers who agreed to pay for new How he he would not agree to remove foam injected into exterior if i had to take it out of two houses i would go he Ron president of acl insulating and said although his business has suffered As a result of the he int prepared to advocate the return of the insulation had already become the butt of bad publicity when the Federal Chip Grants became he Bruce Sampson of l s Home com also said the ban was a Wise Given the debate Over possible health Sampson said he thinks its enough for concerned homeowners to Seal off their Interior removing the foam altogether might be premature since there is evidence the formaldehyde May be absorbed into the studs of the Homes and remain a both the Mica and provincial eminent official said some night insulation firms aggravated the hazards of foam by installing it in an interim report of the Federal health departments advisory commit tee on the insulation said formaldehyde gases could be released if chemicals were not mixed properly or were too the advisory committee also said the foam should be installed at Between and degrees c to avoid Meterio the committee said the foam should Only have been installed in Homes that had an inside vapor yet Many of the older houses covered by the Grants did not have such Vaseska said some flyby night operations served Only to give the reputable companies a bad one contract the association found claimed to have done 11 jobs but never bought any foam Bruhn said the Federal Chip Grant program encouraged Over ambitious entrepreneurs to set up insulation firms in the Hopes of making Quick people came in from out of town and set up he they would milk the City and then who never used the foam in his own said the big prob Lem with the insulation it has to be mixed on the Job if the Guy on the truck Doest mix it you Are in he adding that there was virtually no control on the Way the insulation was made and the principle of foam insulation was probably a Good one at said Manitoba housing and renewal corporation spokesman Doug but the Federal governments Chip created a Stampede of companies in the hacking said the Manitoba Home insulation loan program at least required companies to comply with cer Tain standards and Post a Bond before their customers could claim the few of the companies that quickly set up operations in the Wake of Federal Grant and provincial programs were Able to train their and since it was never a glamorous there was a big turnover in hacking said Many companies improperly installed the foam insulation swedish filtering system May solve vapor problem up homeowners plagued with problems from urea formaldehyde foam insulation in their houses May soon have a solution in the form of air filters that absorb and decompose harmful says a National research Council publication released the swedish designed filters use a material marketed under the name of a porous aluminium oxide treated weather Winnipeg area forecast mostly sunny today with a High near Clear tonight with a Low near sunny tomorrow with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba continuing warm with Cloudy periods mostly sunny and a Little cooler monday and tuesday with temperatures near the Normal of 23 and Northern Manitoba mainly sunny with temperatures near Normal readings of 18 and 7 monday and Northwestern Ontario continuing sunny and warm Cloudy periods and a Little cooler sunny tuesday with temperatures near Normal readings of 21 and Canada and the world National 20 9 22 13 30 17 30 17 27 14 14 27 9 27 12 28 14 27 11 Thunder 25 7 24 25 is 23 15 20 10 International 28 19 22 18 new 23 18 23 14 21 is 27 20 16 10 15 32 20 28 15 33 18 19 25 28 is Tel 30 resort 13 14 15 11 21 with potassium permanganate that absorbs and Breaks Down formaldehyde Bob a research officer with the Council in said although filters May spare homeowners the expense of having the insulation removed from their More research is but the concept seems he an article published in swedish building research news said a filter uracil combination is effective in eliminating formaldehyde a spokesman for a Montreal firm that holds the Canadian Patent for said the firm is testing an air filter using Pura Fil to measure its effectiveness against he said a air filter unit available for measuring about 60 centimetres by 120 processes about 14 cubic metres of air a minute and can be rolled to different rooms on a 23kilogram bag of Pura Fil costs Bowen said renting a unit before making a Purchase would allow affected homeowners to determine How Well it works in their City Calendar the childrens Musk school sponsored by the Manitoba chapter of ukrainian Catholic brotherhood of Canada will commence its fall classes registration is open to children aged six to 15 of every ukrainian Parish in instruction will be offered in Mando Lin and choir registration is from 11 to 2 tomorrow at blessed Virgin Mary 965 Boyd win Tario up nine winning numbers were chosen yesterday in the win Tario the number is four numbers Worth Are 598858 and other winning ticket numbers 6815 tourist Albrt Bill and Irene travelling through Western Canada on a motorcycle with a Wyoming licence Are asked to Contact the nearest ramp detachment regard ing an important los Clear 29 41 44 31 32 32 29 Las Clear Cloudy fair fair Cloudy air Cloudy 32 Cloudy 31 air 30 Cloudy 32 Winnipeg temperature swim Ryiant mean 27 last year 60 Normal of record in 1966 Lowit record deaths classified death total for april 1 to 27 Milli Normal widow of Robert James of 270 Kenny widower of an Toinette of 1517 Bannatyne Arthur of widower of Evelyn of of 904 Manitoba Hus band of Stella widow of Peter of husband of Maggie Robert William of 5031 Roblin formerly of insulator Bruce Sampson says in attics and in contrary to regulations of the Canadian general standards Many of the that incorrectly installed the foam have since Digap leaving homeowners with Little Chance for hacking Ofarri ban was Wise some not reputable contractors Are now beginning to take advantage of the current panic to Bill themselves As foam removal in one entrepreneur has told homeowners he has a special stucco that will suck out the bad Vapours if it is smeared Over the installation i i Northern leaders list woes Northern Manitoba Community Lead ers presented provincial Cabinet Mem Bers with a complaints yester Day ranging from inadequate services to demands Tor greater involvement in local the list came out of resolutions approved by delegates to the 12th annual meeting of the Northern association of Community about 75 representatives from 48 communities attended the three Day event in Winnipeg which ended among the concerns presented to seven Cabinet ministers attending yesterdays session were the need to bring roads up to acceptable inadequate Hydro service in some communities and High recommendations included provid ing running water to every Home to improve cleanliness and health Stan providing each Community with proper waste disposal methods and improving transportation facilities such As the ministers said they appreciated the delegates concerns and would try to Deal with they blamed Otta was failure to sign a new Federal pro Vinci Al development agreement to re place the North lands which expired at the end of finance minister Brian Ransom said the province is already spending some of the million it had earmarked As its share of the proposed but Federal regional economic expansion minister Pierre de announced recently that Ottawa would give Only million for a oneyear Extension of the old North lands agree he said the government had reduced its share of the funding be cause it had not been Given enough credit for its previous food clerks voting on two year pact about 50 unionized employees of the North of 53 Consumers Coop in flin flon will vote today on a proposed contract which could end a 10week the two year contract includes wage increases of about 44 per cent for male food clerks who now earn an they would receive an hour at the end of the which is retroactive to female clerks would get a 50per cent wage increase Over the two up from the current an hour to by the time the contract results of the vote Are to be released later in the were liquidating our 1981 cars and trucks to make room for our 1982 models shop compare these prices gift 1981 Marquis 4 door 2 tone wheel Remote Block today special 9222 Umer Vemon of inmamm9mt 1981 Zephyr 2 door 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