THIS IS MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT

I am very slowly in conjunction with discussions with CPAC & SWAT members coming to a different interpretation regarding Chemtura & Ministry of the Environment story telling. I'm beginning to think that I've taken the partners in pollution junk science and ridiculous technical positions far too seriously. I know they don't believe their own propaganda; I certainly don't and any honest, informed technical people don't as well. What is slowly dawning on me is that Chemtura/CRA/M.O.E. folks all know and understand that but they are simply still trying to fool the unwashed, uninformed masses. Even the less technical people on CPAC have long ago figured out that the facts do not support Chemtura's pump and treat system. Heck even Conestoga Rovers have thrown out for discussion a proposal involving In Situ Chemical Oxidation which is a form of source removal. They have only done this twenty-three years after the fact because they need to pretend to the public that they are responsive, proactive and honestly reappraising the "cleanup" as they go.

The most recent technical information being released is not brand new data. It's been in the hands of Chemtura and friends for several years but in the spirit of bafflegabbing and smoke screens combined with distraction and deflection it's only now seeing the light of day. Some of it includes soil and groundwater data from the Yara (Nutrite) site showing incredibly deep soil contamination including into the deeper Aquitards, much less aquifers. Some of the data advises that there have been ten detections of Chlorobenzene in the Bedrock Aquifer over the years. Finally there is further data showing massive petroleum hydrocarbon contamination both on and off the Chemtura site.

It's data like this which in the past has gotten me wound up about the intentional misdirection and deceit going on around technical issues. I'm beginning to realize that it's all a game. The polluter and their friends including politicians at all levels over the decades spin tall tales knowing full well that they can't win them all. Not a problem as they are confident that the majority of people can't possibly keep up with their neverending propaganda. In fact when their credibility is questioned they are offended not because it's true but because they don't feel that that is playing the game fairly.

Their most recent attack/distraction on the CPAC Chair is par for the course. Whether they reinforce their drivel with false testimony or not, they have suceeded in putting out to the public their claim that they are being victimized. They are happy to sidetrack and delay forever. The inadequate soil scraping at GP1 & GP2 has again been delayed until 2013, maybe! The public and CPAC (& SWAT) will be inundated with hundreds to thousands of pages of paperwork in regards to their new "cleanup" proposals including tripling off-site pumping and chemical oxidation (ISCO). It will be years of further delay with approvals, construction and studies. Chemtura and friends including government are simply running out the clock as they've done for the last twenty-three years. The old CPAC played ball; some knowingly and others not. If only Chemtura could get the young CPAC to do the same.