Overall while there has been some good data presented in the Annual Monitoring Reports over the years there has also been some pretty heavy bullsh*t. That seems to appear in the Conclusions and the interpretation of data. For example there is an interesting tidbit that Ramin Ansari of Lanxess has stated before and that concerns isotope analysis of chlorobenzene on site as well as offsite that does not match up with isotopic analysis of chlorobenzene dissolved in groundwater removed from Observation Well OW75 located near pumping well W3R near Midas Muffler on Industrial Dr. Ramin is strongly suggesting that there is a second source of chlorobenzene in the Elmira Aquifers and that too is supported by Dr. Neil Thompson's (U. of W.) Conceptual Site Model which determined that there was excessive chlorobenzene in the Elmira Aquifers that could not be explained. Clearly a second source is probable.
My guess right now is either the former Borg Textiles or the former Varnicolor Chemical. What I find bizarre is that nobody seems interested in finding out. Way back in the very early 1990s Uniroyal claimed that there were other sources without producing any evidence which somewhat weakened their case. Now I wonder if they showed their evidence to the Ont. Min. of Environment in the summer of 1991 which is what scared the Ministry into offering a sweetheart deal to Uniroyal as long as they didn't blab about the Ministry's failure to do their job and prevent groundwater contamination in Elmira from multiple sources.
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