DIOXIN AT UNIROYAL SITE DEADLIEST, EXPERT SAYS

The above headline is from the K-W Record, written by Bob Burtt, on March 15, 1991. This article not only details the specific and extraordinarily toxic forms of Dioxin in the soil at Uniroyal (Chemtura) but also the fact that the concentrations at Uniroyal are the highest of any site in Ontario. One part per billion at that time was considered the maximum soil concentrations allowable. Nineteen parts per billion were found at that time at Uniroyal. Since then the toxicity of Dioxin has been upgraded via scientific studies and much higher concentrations have been found at Uniroyal (Chemtura). The expert being quoted, Brendan Birmingham, was testifying before the Ontario Environmental Appeal Board into the Uniroyal crisis. No excuse whatsoever is adequate to further postpone Dioxin removals at Chemtura.