B8 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Wednesday, July 22, 1981

Govt. to tighten controls on insulation |

By Steve Korstetter

OTTAWA (CP) — Years
before urea formaldehyde
foam insulation was banned
as a health hazard, experts
both inside and outside gov-
ernment were working be-
hind the scenes on a host of
problems associated with the
foam. are

Standards for the foam and

tawa in 1977 as part of its
energy conservation policy.

Some_ 80,000 homes had
been insulated with the foam
by the time it was banned,
perhaps a third of those

- under CHIP.

Predictably, the ban of
such a ‘widely-used product

' led! to¢meetings of angry

mdowners, lawsuits and

the way it was to be installed H spointed' questions directed at

were finally in place by the

end of 1977 and the product’

was ready to be used in
thousands of older homes
across the country.
In retrospect, the timing
couldn't have been worse.
As homeowners began tak-
ing advantage of government
grants to install the foam,
reports of persons being
driven out of their homes by
formaldehyde vapor began
in other

both government and the in-

lustry..

INFOAMAL CONTROLS
The replies have varied,
depending on who is doing
the answering, but one thing
is clear: Controls on the foam
and its installation during the
more than three years it was
used were informal at best.
Gordon Walt of Canada
Mortgage and Housing Corp.
says urea formaldehyde foam
lation was by

‘Chat prompted rumblings
from Ottawa about the need
for more careful use of the
foam, and the federal gov-
ernment banned it altogether
last December under the
Hazardous Products Act.

Research by The Canadian
Press suggests that both
government officials and the
insulation industry were
either unwilling or unable to
come to grips quickly with
f lated

the federal housing agency
under CHIP, but was never
“approved” as such,
Acceptance meant the
foam was suitable for home
use provided government
standards were followed and
assumed the industry would
act responsibly, he explained.
However, Marcel Widman,
an industry expert closely
involved with developing
standards for the foam, says

Pp once
they became known.

It also indicates that ex-
treme problems caused by
formaldehyde emissions from
the foam are relatively rare
— despite the publicity those
cases have attracted.

STUDY EFFECTS

And it shows that much
more remains to be learned
about the precise effects of
formaldehyde on human
health.

Outside experts appointed
by the g last fall

some gave the
industry as a whole a bad
name.

“One of the downfalls of
this product was it was too
simple to make,” he said.
“There were too many small-
time operators.”

CONTROLS NEEDED

The federal government
now has accepted the need
for greater controls on the
industry. Beginning this fall,
contractors doing any kind of
insulation work under federal
must be certified

concluded that formaldehyde
vapor is an irritant capable of
causing genetic mutation and
had been linked to nasal
cancer in rats and mice.
Urea formaldehyde is
mixed on the job and is
pumped into the walls of
homes using compressed air.
Unlike most other kinds of

and each individual job will
be inspected.

A review of the process
that led to the 1977 standards
for urea formaldehyde re-
veals a high degree of co-
operation between all the
parties involved.

But Cliff Shirtliffe of the
National Research Council

it can be installed
without major structural ren-
ovations. That made it a nat-
ural for use in older homes at
a relatively low cost.

Standards for the foam
were published in May and
December of 1977 by the
Canadian General Standards
Board following years of
work by experts from the in-
sulation industry and several
federal agencies and depart-
ments.

The standards cleared the
way for use of the foam under
the Canadian Home Insula-
tion Program (CHIP) and a
sister program for Nova Sco-
tia and Prince Edward Is-
land. Both programs of
grants were begun by Ot-

Pollution not

ae me om ent en
necessary G

health hazard?

CHICAGO (AP) — Pollu-
tion of the environment from
such sources as automobiles
and chemical wastes has not
been shown to increase peo-
ple’s risk of developing can-
cer, a group of doctors con-
cludes in a report disputed by
several specialists.

The report, in the current
issue of the Journal of the
American Medical Associa-
tion, also objected to the use
of short-term testing to de-
termine whether a substance
is a carcinogen. Its authors
said tests on animals are not
always reliable because high-
er does are given and be-
cause effects may vary from
one species to another.

says started
breaking down in 1978 as
installations of the foam were
picking up, and the industry
too often tried to slough off
consumer complaints as un-
warranted,

“They had the warnings

from the people, but they .

didn’t respond rationally at
all,” he said. “For‘one reason
or another, they were just
ignoring the problem.”

An article co-authored by
Shirtliffe published this year
shows that complaints about
odors from formaldehyde va-
por — one of eight problems
linked to the foam in 1975 —
were undocumented in those
early years. The experts
later concluded that the 1977
standards would be adequate
to deal with those com-
plaints.

It was only in 1978 that the
first two Canadian com-
plaints of severe problems
came to Shirtliffe's attention.
Another 35 cases were re-
ported in 1979.

Industry sources claim
odor problems linked directly
to the foam — and not t
plywood, synthetic fabrics
and other products made
with formaldehyde — have
been almost non-existent.

CAN'T GIVEESTIMATES ~

Even now, federal officials
and their advisors have been
unable to offer even the
roughest estimates of how
many homes have had ex-
treme problems with the
foam.

Given the knowledge about
the foam and its effects,
there are radically different
arguments from different
parties.

The industry says the gov-

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OUR LOVELY LILACS CERTAINLY LEAVE US A
LINGERING, SCENT.

ernment has yet to prove the
foam is a hazard and was
wrong to ban it. Others, in-
cluding opposition MPs, have
chastised the government for
not acting quickly enough.
It was the toxic effects of
formaldehyde vapor that led
directly to the ban.
However, the experts con-
ceded that the precise effects
of formaldehyde on humans
are not known. That is likely
to become a major issue
when a federal board of re-
view resumes public hearings
later this month on an in-
dustry appeal of the ban.

Dr. G.S Wiberg of the fed-
eral health department says
a number of studies on for-
maldehyde were recently
only recently.

Epidemiological studies
that would tell experts more
about the effects of the
chemical on humans are just
getting under way, and there
have yet to be any studies on
the long-term toxic effects on
man,

The question of whether
the government acted quick-
ly enough seems unlikely to
be a major issue at the board
of review hearings, but it will

almost certainly continue to
be debated in political circles.

Both Progressive Conser-
vative and New Democratic
Party MPs have said a ban on
the foam by the state of Mas-
sachusetts in November,
1979, should have alerted
Canadian officials to the sit-
uation.

Yet official statements
from Ottawa before last De-

Inquiry looks
into wrongs

to Japanese

WASHINGTON’ (AP) —
With a pledge to explore “all
possible remedies for the
wrongs done,” an inquiry is
beginning into’ the inter-
nment of 120,000 U.S. resi-
dents of Japanese back-
ground without charges be-
ing laid during the Second
World War. The C

Seatbelt education
before legislation

-ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. (CP)
— Abill introduced by Trans-
portation Minister Ron Dawe
making the use of seatbelts

feasible to bring the law into
effect by next January.

But Dawe said the gov-
ernment wants to carry oul
over

y in
has been passed by the legis-
lature, but will not go into
effect immediately.
First, Dawe said, the prov-
ince will spend $50,000 on an
it toinstil in

its I prog
a 12-month period before
bringing it into force.

Tom Beckett, highway
planning ‘and research dir-
ector for the provincial trans-

it it, said in

on W

cember were largely
5 onal,

and
of Civilians will

passing mention of p:

to Congress

peoples’ minds that seatbelts
save lives.
‘Stirling said that with an

in official publications.

should be

cam-
paign, Dawe might find it

an interview the education
program will include an ex-
tensive media campaign,
bumper stickers, posters,
films and various programs

MESSAGETO IWA
ERSIN THE

B.C. SOUTHERN
INTERIOR FOREST
USTRY

The Southern Interior forest industry in cur-
rent negotiations with the International
Woodworkers of America has made the follow-
ing proposal. The post office strike prevents a
direct mailing of the wage offer to industry

employees.

Here are details of the offer:

Term of contract:
Two-year:agreement effective July 1, 1981 to

June 30, 1983.

General wage increase:
© A 14 per cent increase effective July 1, 1981 with a

minimum increase of $1.50 an hour.

e An additional increase of 12 per cent effective July 1,
1982 with a minimum increase of $1.50 an hour.

e The new base rate rises to $11.46 an hour in the first
year and to $12.96 in the second. for a total increase
of $3 an hour. Over the term of the agreement, the
annual increase will be $6,200.

Tradesmen’s adjustment:
A special increase of 40 cents an hour before the ap-
plication of the general wage increase.
The tradesmen's rate will go to $15.14% an hour in
the first year and $16.96 in the second, for a total in-
crease of $4.07V¥2 an hour.

Cost of living adjustment clause:

In the event inflation exceeds 26 per cent in the next
two years, the industry offer provides for income pro-
tection. Cost of living payments will be calculated on
the basis of one cent for every .20 rise in the Canada
Consumer Price index beyond the 26 per cent level.

Health and welfare:
Group life coverage and accidental death and
dismemberment coverage increased to $27.000 on July
1, 1981 and $29.000 on July 1, 1982. Weekly indemnity
increased to $245 per week for 52 weeks effective July
1, 1981 and to $260 per week for 52 weeks effective July

1, 1982.

There are also improvements in the extended health
care plan and the dental plan. _

In addition:

Improvements in shift differential of five cents an
hour to the afternoon and graveyard shifts increase

these differentials to J1 cents per hour.

Double time will be applied to all hours worked in
excess of 11 hours per day.

w of.

This offer provides an immediate increase of
$250 a month for the employees on the base
rate and $379 a month for tradesmen.

The average straight-time hourly rate pro-
vides an immediate increase of $275 a month.

The industry’s offer introduces two new pro-
grams in health and welfare: an income sup-
port program for an.employee who incurs a
long-term disability and cannot work and a vi-
sion care program for employees and their

dependants.

industry's wage

Sawmill:

(Standard)
Planer Grader

Edgerman

Fork Lift Operator
Green Chain Puller
Plywood:

Lathe Operator
Core Layer

Logging:

Grader Operator
Skidder Operator -

Base

((Logging)

Chip ‘N’ Saw Operator

Green Chain Offbearer .

Log Loader Operator
Rubber Tired (standard)

Chokerman/ Hooker
Skidder Yarding

Certified Millwright
Certified H.D. Mechanic

Here are typical rates that wouid resuit from the

offer:
Old
Rates

Circular Saw Sawyer

$13.04
11.92
11.22
11.09
10.85
10.16

13.01
10.84
10.20

9.96
12.88%

12.94%

July1
1981

$14.87
13.59
12.79
12.64
12.37
11.66

14.83
12.36
11.70

13.51
12.83

12.62
12.45
11.46
15.14V2

15.21%

July
1982

$16.65
15.22
14.32
14.16
13.87
13.16

16.61
13.86
13.20

15.13
14.37

14.13
13.95
12.96
16.96

17.04

This proposed settlement wiil improve and
maintain the standard of living for employees
in the Southern Interior Forest Industry.

I

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Castlegar, B.C.
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CITY OF CASTLEGAR

PUBLIC NOTICE
PROPERTY SALE

Take Notice that the Council of the City of Castlegar
intends to offer for sale the following described

Lot 48, District Lot 11974, Kootenay District, Plan

1451, 78 Columbia Avenue

900 sq. ft., 2 bedroom, 3-pce. bath.

The lowest price which will be accepted for the
roperty in question shall be Forty-Two Thousand

A condition of sale shall'be, the purchaser accepts

the existing rear access from Canadian Pacific

Railway Lease #GBOK-058-0108.

The City reserves the right to not accept the highest:

SEALED OFFERS, clearly marked —_-

“OFFER — MUNICIPAL PROPERTY”
will be received by the undersigned up to 4:00 p.m.
on Thursday, Aug. 6, 1981.

Further information may be obtained at City Hall.

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