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An unsigned three-page summary of an informational meeting on asbestos held March 3, 1975, chaired by J. W. Black, director of the Product Safety Branch of the Canadian Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, with officials of several federal departments, the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association and asbestos-using companies. The government was considering regulations on asbestos under the Hazardous Products Act. Representatives of Canadian Johns-Manville, said to be the major Canadian user of crocidolite, explained that they used it in asbestos-cement pipe and that a ban would stop them making sewer pipe larger than 16 inches across. The summary records that "Johns-Manville is not giving special attention to in-plant handling of crocidolite fiber" but was stressing better handling for all types of asbestos.
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- March 3, 1975
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 11853 · asbestosclaims.law/library/11853
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- An unsigned, unpublished summary of a March 3, 1975 meeting on asbestos use in Canada, shown for research. If it was written by the Canadian Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs it is an unpublished government record, which does not change the basis.
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J-M's representatives said a limit of 2 fibers per milliliter could be met in manufacturing but probably not in mining. The meeting also noted that asbestos-cement pipe carried no cautionary wording, that drywall joint cement containing 5–10% asbestos carried no warnings, and that about 10% of the asbestos in J-M's amosite-containing products was amosite. A week earlier, J-M's medical consultant had told Dr. Kotin the case for treating crocidolite more strictly was "provocative" (Wright to Kotin, February 1975).
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Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:
In a report regarding a meeting on asbestos usage in Canada, 3/3/75, it is indicated that J-M is not giving special attention to in-plant handling of crocidolite.
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“Summary of the Meeting on Asbestos Usage in Canada.” March 3, 1975. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 11853. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/11853.
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