The Project Continues
As part of its ongoing occupational disease cluster work with McIntyre Powder-exposed mine workers, OHCOW established an interdisciplinary team of doctors and specialists. Exposed miners report multiple diagnoses and/or symptoms related to exposure to McIntyre Powder (aluminum oxide dust) and the mining environment more generally, including cancers, respiratory and cardiovascular ailments, neurological conditions, and other health conditions. OHCOW Medical Consultants and Occupational Hygienists continue to complete literature reviews on issues common to groups of miners.
Links to the reports are provided below, and will be updated regularly.
Research Papers
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis – Occupational Exposures as a Risk Factor
MAY 15, 2023
Prepared by: L. Christine Oliver, MD, MPH, MSc, FACPM. Occupational Hygiene Review: Krista Thompson, MHSc, ROH, CRSP. Editorial Review: Janice Martell, OHCOW
Review of the WSIB Adjudicative Support Material Binder (ASMB) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
September 7, 2022
Prepared by: Paul Sampara, BSc., DOHS, MEng,
ROH Occupational Hygienist
Radiation (Radon) in Ontario Uranium Mines WSIB Policy, Exposure Data and Risk of Lung Cancer
Last Updated: October 1, 2019
Prepared by: Paul Sampara, BSc., DOHS, MEng, ROH. Reviewed by Dr. L. Christine Oliver, MD, Martin Albinger, Janice Martell.
Lung Cancer and Exposures in Ontario Hard Rock Mines
Last updated April 18, 2023
Prepared by: Paul Sampara, MEng, ROH, Occupational Hygienist, OHCOW. Reviewed by Dr. Christine Oliver, MD, Kevin Hedges PhD, CIH, Janice Martell, Occupational Health Coordinator, OHCOW
McIntyre Powder Project Newsletter, March 2023
March 2023: Mcintyre Powder Newsletter with updates.
Pancreatic Cancer and Exposures in Ontario Mines
Last updated: January 8, 2020
Martin Albinger, BSc, MEng, CIH, ROH, Occupational Hygiene Consultant, OHCOW
McIntyre Powder and its potential contributions to cardiovascular disease risk: A literature review through the McIntyre Powder historical lens
First published: 21 July 2022
Andrew Zarnke BSc, Christine Oliver MD, Sandra Dorman PhD
Sarcoidosis in Northern Ontario Hard-rock Miners: A Case Series
First published: 14 February 2022
L. Christine Oliver MD, MPH, MS; Paul Sampara MEng, ROH; Donna Pearson RN, DOHN; Janice Martell BA ; Andrew M. Zarnke BS
Breathe Deep, Boys: Voices of the McIntyre Powder Project Miners
February 9, 2022
EXTERNAL: New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
Janice Martell and Tee Guidotti, et al
Sarcoidosis: An Occupational Disease?
June 05, 2021
L. Christine Oliver, MD,
Andrew M. Zarnke, BSc, OHCOW
Bone Aluminum Measured in Miners Exposed to McIntyre Powder
May 4, 2022 • L. M. Bickley, D. Cowan, F.E. McNeill, D.R. Chettle (McMaster University) and J. Martell, D. Wilken, W. Yan, A. Zarnke, K. Hedges (OHCOW)
Trading One Risk for Another
September 2021
EXTERNAL REPORT – New Solutions.
By Janice Martell, OHCOW, McIntyre Powder Project; Tee L. Guidotti, MD, MPH, DABT
Kidney Cancer and Exposures in Ontario Mines
January 24, 2020
Todd Irick, M.Sc., CIH
Dr. Kevin Hedges, Ph.D., B.Sc., MAppSc., CIH, COH,
Occupational Hygienists OHCOW
Aluminum Dust Exposure and Evidence for Impairment of Cognitive Function
OCTOBER 21, 2019
A paper to review and identify gaps in the Systematic Review of Occupational Aluminum Exposure and Adverse Health Conditions.
Written by Tee L. Guidotti,
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Occurrence and Associations with Occupational Exposures and Smoking
Last updated February 13, 2020
Dr. Christine Oliver, MD, MPH, MS, FACPM Medical Consultant, OHCOW
Dr. Kevin Hedges; Paul Sampara, OHCOW
Background and Development of the WSIB Lung Cancer-Gold Miners Policy 16-02-07
Last updated December 30, 2019
Paul Sampara, BSc, DOHS, MEng, ROH, Occupational Hygiene Consultant, OHCOW, et al
Bladder Cancer and Exposure in Ontario Mines
Last updated: July 19, 2019
Todd Irick, M.Sc. CIH, Occupational Hygienist, et al
McIntyre Powder: Fine (PM2.5) and Ultrafine Dust Exposures and Cardiovascular Disease
Last updated: April 29, 2019
Andrew Zarnke, Ph.D. (candidate), H.BSc. OHCOW – Sudbury, et al
McIntyre Powder: Biological Significance of the Manner of Exposure and Particle Size
Updated: March 26, 2019
Andrew Zarnke, Ph.D. (candidate), H.BSc., OHCOW – Sudbury
Medical review by: Dr. Christine Oliver, MD, MPH, MS, FACPM, Medical Consultant – OHCOW
McIntyre Links to International Aluminum Research
October 2017
[RECORDED WEBINAR]
Dave Wilken, OHCOW
Webinars
WEBINAR
McIntyre Powder & Neurological Disease
Feb 2, 2021
From the Occupational Cancer Research Centre. A summary of the research into McIntyre Powder and Neurological conditions.
WEBINAR
McIntyre Powder Characterization and Research
Feb 21, 2020
A presentation by Andrew Zarnke.
WEBINAR
McIntyre Links
Nov 3, 2017
A presentation on McIntyre Powder's links to neurological issues.
WEBINAR
McIntyre Project
Dec 6, 2016
Dave Wilken's early talk on the McIntyre Powder Project.
WEBINAR
Building Understanding and Direction through Surveillance
Dec 20, 2018
From the Occupational Cancer Research Centre: a presentation by Dr. P. Demers.
WEBINAR
Emerging Lessons from the McIntyre Powder Project
OCT 29 2019
McIntyre Powder Characterization and Research. A presentation by Andrew Zarnke, Laurentian University.
WEBINAR
Hygiene Mining Elevator Ear Drum
Oct 21, 2015
A report on Barotrauma as experienced by an underground miner.
