IS ELMIRA HOME TO THE LARGEST DIOXIN/DDT SINK IN CANADA?

We know where the wastes from these processes were dumped on site. We know courtesy of the MTE Consultants Report the probability that they flowed eastwards off-site onto the neighbour's peoperty. We know both the proximity of the Stroh Drain and where it discharges (Canagagigue Creek). We suspect there may be a collector/interceptor trench diverting groundwater off-site. We have the results from three separate Ministry of the Environment studies showing high levels of Dioxins and DDT downstream in the sediments (& floodplain) of the Canagagigue Creek. We know that Chemtura and the M.O.E. have gone to great lengths to deny this contaminant pathway off their site. We also know that they have studiously avoided serious testing of Chemtura's eastern and southern neighbours.

This is beyond a scandal. This is beyond a disgrace. While I hold very little hope that a multi national corporation are going to voluntarily do the right thing at this late date; it is the Ontario Ministry of the Environment who are the most in need of a house cleaning. They have protected the polluter for decades while permitting this ongoing discharge of toxic compounds to the environment and to both human and non human receptors.