DDT, CHILDREN, MARCH 23/15, CPAC & MAYOR SHANTZ'S ECONOMY WITH THE TRUTH

Yesterday's Elmira Independent carrys two interelated stories titled "Court ruling reinstates Woolwich mayor Sandy Shantz" and secondly "DDT found in creek sediment". The first story has several paragraphs at the end which spell out the destruction and dissolving of CPAC under the guise of bringing back Chemtura and the M.O.E. to the table. The mayor and Councillor Bauman while both firmly in bed with Chemtura/M.O.E. orchestrated the so called "crisis" of those two parties boycotting public CPAC meetings. Gail Martin's article also advises us that the Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) according to Sandy's lawyer, did not have the authority to receive Sandy's late Audit and revised Financial Statement. Hence Sandy illegally avoided a full blown forensic audit being ordered by MECAC.

Sandy has cheerfully misinterpreted the Judge's decision to reinstate her, prior to his written decision. She states that "It was all honest mistakes. I'm glad the judge could see that." Perhaps Sandy might want to wait for the judge's written decision first. She may well have a shock coming to her depending on what the judge thinks about the March 23/15 date written conveniently so illegibly in his copy along with other anomolies in her written statements. Regarding Sandy's ingenuous comment about her accountant's "clerical error" that too will come back to bite her. I explained in detail here last Monday the truth about that supposed "error". The March 23/15 date is Sandy's and she alone put it in her report.

As usual Gail Martin and the Independent were the only media present at CPAC's public meeting on Thursday July 23/15. This meeting she has described in detail in her "DDT found in creek sediment" story. This was her front page lead story for the Independent's final print edition. The irony is obvious as this might be CPAC's last public meeting as appointed by Council Woolwich representatives and volunteers.

The data presented by Graham Chevreau was collected by MBN Environmental and analysed by a recognized professional lab. Chemtura/M.O.E. and their fellow travellors including RAC & TAG will have great difficulty in minimizing and undermining this professional report although I expect that won't stop them from trying. If there's one thing I've learned both recently and over the years it is that professional liars love their work.

The DDT hits were all over the map although consistently way above the M.O.E.'s most stringent standard of 7 ppb. These standards are based upon factors such as distance from surface water, presence of potable groundwater, available receptors to the contaminants etc.. The highest reading of DDT in Canagagigue Creek sediments was found by the M.O.E. in 2012 and was 12,000 ppb (parts per billion). CPAC's July 2015 highest detection of DDT in the creek was 20,000 ppb. That level is enormous and will be adversely and severely affecting life in the creek and beyond.

Also found in the creek were polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic. Further results also included common solvents as well as endosulfan "...an organochloride insecticide that is highly toxic, bioaccumulates and is a known endocrine disruptor.". While adults suffer it is children who are most vulnerable especially early in life.

CPAC will be presenting a Resolution to Woolwich Council on August 11/15 asking for their support in pressuring the Ministry of the Environment to increase their testing and to take steps to stop ongoing Chemtura contamination from spreading offsite. It is my expectation that the same Council hypocrites who dissolved CPAC to curry favour with Chemtura will nonetheless go through the exercise of accepting CPAC's Resolution publicly while privately reassuring Chemtura and the M.O.E. that they have everything under control. This is Woolwich politics at its' finest.