MAN MADE CAUSES OF "POPCORN LUNG" & LAKE ERIE FISH KILL

Rueters news agency via the internet is the source for this article. The title is "Colorado man awarded $7.2 mill in "popcorn lung" lawsuit". These lawsuits have been going on for a number of years in the U.S.. Originally it was employees in popcorn plants who were diagnosed and then they sued for damages. This particular gentleman, Wayne Watson, was the first consumer awarded damages due to the damage done to his lungs by the artificial butter flavouring, known as Diacetyl.

The significance of course is that here in Elmira we all had the pleasure of inhaling Uniroyal/Chemtura Diacetyl fumes for years. The irony is that we knew all the horrid and toxic chemicals they dealt with, and were reassurred when all we smelled was butter flavouring (Diacetyl). Meanwhile Chemtura are in the process of receiving a site wide certificate of approval for air from the M.O.E. and are advising CPAC of how far they've come regarding air emissions. The problem of course is that they are untrustworthy. Like certain pesticides they only stop producing particular profitable poisons including Diacetyl long after their side effects are known.

Then we need to know how exactly trustworthy the Ontario M.O.E. are. Recently there was a massive fish kill in the western end of lake Erie. At the time the M..O.E. were suggesting natural causes such as a temperature inversion or lake rolling that brought up oxygen depleted water from the bottom which killed the fish. To date I've seen nothing in the mainstream media which disputes this. Back on September 6/12 I wrote here in the Advocate the findings and experiences of an expert colleague in regards to lake erie fisheries. He has continued his investigation and indeed the Ministry of Natural Resources are aware that the cause of the fish kill was anoxia or a lack of oxygen. They however also ackowledge that the cause of this anoxia is man made. It is a result of nutrient loading to Lake Erie from agricultural sources for example which promotes algal growth and eventual decay on the bottom. This decay consumes oxygen and away we go. In my opinion it is shameful that government agencies refuse to publicly acknowledge man made pollution causing major deaths in the natural environment; essentially for political motivations. The media's lack of followup is also very discouraging.