Always the optimist however I am hoping that there may be a pearl of wisdom or knowledge inadvertently dropped by a member or other attendee of the upcoming TRAC meeting. Worst case scenario I will have more ammunition of the long term coverup if Lanxess and GHD speak .
It is truly amazing how an insulated group fully in charge of the Agenda, the membership and the speakers can so convincingly make the case that the earth is flat, the sun rises in the west and that they have successfully been incapable of restoring our drinking water to it's former potable state. Now of course this small group (Lanxess Canada) and their corporate predecessors have bought, bribed, intimidated or outsmarted our local politicians for decades . They also have always had a very sympathetic provincial government whether Liberal or Conservative. Nothing is too good for this chemical company who have made and sold various poisons for decades. The irony if you will for the natural world is that these poisons-surprise, surprise- have also turned out to be poisonous to human beings plus most other non-target species. I guess they call that "Better Living With Chemistry".
We human beings are literally hell on earth when it comes to money making discoveries (herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, insecticides, explosives etc.) and not so hot when it comes to forseeing the downsides of any of them. Any possibility of balance or honest consideration of compromise has a difficult journey getting through profit oriented boardrooms. Allegedly our political system is supposed to assist that balance with rules and laws in the public interest. That particular counter balance has been missing in action for a very long time as corporations long ago both subtly and blatantly have taken over our political system. They have way too much say whether by formal lobbying or informal and possibly illegal lobbying. Rarely if ever can we count on our political bodies to actually step in and bluntly say no to corporate adventures profitable to them but damaging to the public interest.
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