PROVINCE & REGION SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES

Both today's and yesterday's K-W Record carry stories in regards to the pollution disaster in Preston (Cambridge). Today's title "Residents won't get health study" is a classic case of local government covering up for themselves, industry and a higher tier of government. Although I try very hard to keep this website focused on Woolwich Township environmental issues, nevertheless on occasions such as this I will stray . There are lessons to be learned. Twenty years ago Elmira residents were demanding a health study and were unsucessful. It was clear to me that Preston residents could expect the same dismissive and unacceptable response from both the Region and the Province. The comment by the Ontario Agency for Health Protection that lowering the air standard from 2.3 to .5ug/m3 won't increase the calculated health risks merely indicates the deviousness and dishonesty of the risk assessment process.