ZERO BUFFER ZONES - UNIROYAL CHEMICAL'S ARROGANCE AND CONTEMPT FOR THEIR NEIGHBOURS

 Ever heard of "buffer" zones? Sometimes airports will have noise buffer zones to somewhat mitigate noise for their neighbours. Landfills are supposed to also have buffers whether for visual, noise or odour issues or all three. Yes chemical companies are also supposed to have buffers zones in regards to nearby residential  zoning. What about buffer zones for neighbouring farms whether growing crops or raising livestock for human consumption?

Whether they've ever existed is moot here in Elmira because the facts are that Uniroyal intentionally placed five major toxic waste pits and ponds along their eastern border between them and the Stroh farm. They also showed a remarkable lack of concern on their southern border with the Martin farm. In that case GP-2, a former gravel pit, is the repository of DDT and dioxins from Uniroyal's production of Agent Orange in the 1960s. It is located on maps merely a yard or two away from the Martin property. Nice buffer that. 

It is however the Stroh farm that likely has suffered the most from egregious blindness on the part of the chemical company and their friends and colleagues in positions of authority. What an abuse of power. While east side pits RPE-1 through to RPE-5 are probably fifty feet away from the property line (albeit elevated somewhat) it is the following three pits that are simply breathtaking in their location. All three toxic waste pits according to multiple maps are literally touching the Stroh property line at the extreme eastern side of Uniroyal Chemical. These pits are known as BAE-1, RB-1 and RB-2.  BAE-1 stands for Burial Area-1, RB-1 stands for Reburied Barrels -1 and RB-2 stands for Reburied Barrels -2.  My understanding  is that overflowing and filled RPE-5 and possibly RPE-4 both to the immediate west were full and overflowing hence Uniroyal decided to simply excavate  between those two pits and the Stroh active farm firstly with BAE-1 and when it couldn't handle all the toxic waste drums further excavations up to and touching the Stroh farm occurred with RB-1 and RB-2.  By the way Stroh has produced both corn and soybeans right there either for direct human consumption or indirect human consumption after the beef have eaten the corn produced tainted with chemicals. 

Funny how little discussion of any of this has ever occurred at RAC, TAG or TRAC i.e. ZERO . Funny how little discussion will ever take place when knowledgeable and honest citizens are systematically removed from public consultation by the Woolwich mayor and Chemtura/Lanxess Canada.