THE TRAVIS- AGARDY REPORT

This report dated July 29, 2010 is in my opinion of great relevance to every contaminated site in Canada. Locally it should impact upon Chemtura, Safety-Kleen, Northstar Aerospace, Canadian General Tower and so many more. This report is "in the matter of the Shannon class action". This refers to Shannon Quebec where Trichloroethylene (TCE) courtesy of our Department of National Defence has grossly contaminated the drinking water. The significant relevance lies in the historical time frames presented by the authors, Professors Travis & Agardy. Their research indicates a time line surrounding knowledge of both the fate and transport of groundwater contaminants, as well as knowledge of the risks of synthetic organic chemicals going back to the 1800's. This puts an entirely different perspective upon claims by Uniroyal (Chemtura) and others that they were following the rules of the day by landfilling and lagooning solvents and industrial chemicals. Their claims that the onsite burials were "historical" and prior to technical understandings of the consequences are falsehoods.