THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

Inconsistent and contradictory evidence appears from time to time. Of course asking Lanxess or GHD which is correct has been out of the question for the last five years. First of all neither I nor the public nor past CPAC members are permitted to ask questions. Let me clarify that. We can ask questions in an oral or written Delegation to RAC but they are highly unlikely to respond to either. Secondly we can ask in a written Delegation to TAG but has recently been proven they have also no imperative forcing them to respond. A shameless and contemptible joke of public consultation. Also Lanxess and the MECP show up only occasionally to TAG meetings while RAC sometimes meets four times a year and sometimes less with their presence. ........................................................................................................... The issue at the moment is sampling soils, sediments, ground and surface water on the Stroh property further south than they have to date (i.e. in and around the Stroh Drain, Ditch & Berm (SDDB)). Of course this really wouldn't be an issue for either an honest Ministry of Environment (MECP) or an even half honest Lanxess Canada and their consultants GHD. The fact that it has been a battle speaks very loudly to the raw and basic corruption of the entire process. This process includes the polluting company being in charge of the entire "cleanup". They are in charge of "public consultation" and who can and who can't participate. They are in charge of hiring their own (client driven) consultants to produce the science and the evidence that they want. They have long ago taught the MECP to be very circumspect and careful lest the MECP find themselves burning through their annual budget in fruitless and repeated environmental hearings and or judicial courts. ..................................................................................................... It is a case of fighting the very same battle over and over again. You can win on one occasion only to have the polluter simply bring the same issue up yet again a year or two later as they see fit. Hence it seems that one never gets a definitive achievement because if Lanxess (or Chemtura, Crompton, Uniroyal) don't like it then it continues on literally for decades. The DNAPL coverup on the Uniroyal site is a perfect example of that as well. The company and supporters just keep on denying, denying and denying despite their own reports saying otherwise. There is and always has been a huge disconnect between much of the written reports and the company's interpretation of them. It's like Alice in Wonderland sometimes. ............................................................................................................ Maybe before today is over I will have garnered some additional strong support to attempt to keep on pushing all the guilty parties and their fellow travellors to do more and better regarding the SDDB and nearby area.