SECOND (& THIRD & FOURTH) SOURCES OF ELMIRA'S CONTAMINATION

This is likely the most significant reason that local politicians, M.O.E., Region and others prefer some local environmentalists over others. The ones they prefer are into the "Let's make a deal mode" whereas I never have been. Deals that exclude the public interest and or intentionally deceive the public I will not tolerate. Hence while not all our local councillors will have been let in on the big scam involving the shutdown of all our municipal wells nearly thirty years ago, a few of the more "reliable" ones will be. They will know that the Region and the Township went along with the October 7, 1991 sweetheart deal between Uniroyal Chemical and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Above and beyond the Indemnity given to Uniroyal, both parties agreed to the fiction that Uniroyal solely was responsible for the contamination to the municipal aquifers here in Elmira. Solely responsible as in solely responsible not just for NDMA but for chlorobenzene and all the rest which easily would be another twenty chemicals and or solvents at measurable concentrations. The first crack in Uniroyal and the M.O.E.'s armor occurred in 2000 when Uniroyal started yelling for financial assistance from Nutrite (Yara) due to ammonia contamination in the municipal aquifers.

The Elmira Independent published the following story on October 21, 2009 titled "Second source of contamination: Marshall". Gail Martin of the Independent reported on my Delegation to UPAC on October 5, 2009 at which meeting I indicated groundwater evidence in the south end of Elmira that was inconsistent with the version of Uniroyal as the sole source. I named both NDMA and chlorobenzene as having concentrations at various wells far in excess of upgradient concentrations ie. closer to Uniroyal. These wells included CH38 near Sanyo Canada on the corner of Industrial Drive and Oriole Parkway. While the Independent did not quote my naming of Borg Textiles and Varnicolor I believe that I did. Borg I gave likely credit for the chlorobenzene and Varnicolor for the NDMA. Interestingly two years ago, Neil Thompson of the University of Waterloo, on contract to Chemtura (Uniroyal) publicly advised that there was an excess of 1,300 kilograms of chlorobenzene in the Elmira Aquifers that could not be explained. In this case I was only seven years ahead of the experts. This will eventually all come out although most of the guilty parties will either be dead or certainly retired. They should have all been charged and convicted for their coverups and collusion especially between the M.O.E. and Uniroyal Chemical.