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Justice Bike Riders get a warm welcome in northern Ontario

May 29, 2018

...Disease. It brought scientist studying the effects of radiation and McIntyre Powder on miners lungs, researchers looking at miner documentation and Janice Martell’s presentation on the MacIntyre Powder Project ....

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Supporting FOI request for WSIB’s McIntyre Powder Project documents

February 27, 2018

...policy on neurological disorders and occupational aluminum exposure, but also asking for FOI records related to her McIntyre Powder Project work. Although their legal services are provided pro bono, Janice...

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“The pandemic is a mirror, and it shows us who we care about. And who we don’t”

June 29, 2020

...is paramount. Update on the WSIB & McIntyre Powder It has taken a long, hard-fought campaign. The recognition by the WSIB that Parkinson’s is a direct result of occupational exposure...

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Justice Bike Ride / Cycleton update

March 21, 2018

...Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre, 255 Highway 108, Elliot Lake) Janice Martell of the McIntyre Powder Project is hosting a free public seminar “Occupational Disease in Mining and McIntyre Powder...

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Justice Bike Ride 2018 – the impact of occupational disease

March 11, 2018

“Memorial ride to honour late miner who inspired McIntyre Powder Project” / Lindsay Kelly (Northern Ontario Business, Mar. 9, 2018) The 2018 Justice for Injured Workers’ Bike Ride , this...

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Study on emotional impacts of McIntyre Powder seeks participants

February 12, 2018

...is investigating the emotional impacts on underground miners required to breathe in the aluminum dust McIntyre Powder before each shift, a practice believed to protect them from the lung disease...

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Justice Bike Ride

...Disease: The Other Workplace Fatality”. It started with a memorial ride May 26 from Elliot Lake into Massey for the late Jim Hobbs (a McIntyre Powder victim) and all workers...

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