EGOS, BRAVADO, ALLEGED PROFESSIONALISM & OTHER IMPEDIMENTS TO PROPER CLEANUP

 

Around 2008  I gave a Delegation to CPAC in which I described ISCO or In Situ Chemical Oxidation. ISCO is a well known, well established in place (i.e. "in situ") subsurface remediation that breaks down chlorinated solvents among other things. What should have been  particularly interesting to CPAC members who in their infinite stupidity had already lost their most knowledgeable and combat hardened member (moi) was that ISCO had just been used successfully in Cambridge to break down TCE  (Trichloroethylene) at the Northstar Aerospace site.  This environmental calamity affected the Bishop St. community causing disease and death. CPAC continued their stupidity under the leadership of Pat M. and Susan B. by not asking questions or embracing the knowledge provided by yours truly.

Then around 2010 or so Chemtura (Uniroyal) proudly announced that they were doing a pilot study  near pumping well W3R of ISCO.  Allegedly the pilot test failed although at the time it seemed kind of a rushed job throughout. Sure enough by 2015/2016 the new TAG Chair Dr. Richard Jackson was all over Chemtura for their pathetic and Mickey Mouse pilot test of ISCO. Dr. Jackson spared no contempt for their amateurish attempts at testing ISCO.

Lo and behold Lanxess are now talking about trying ISCO yet again! They are also looking at a couple of biological forms of remediation along with ISCR which stands for In Situ Chemical Reduction. Now we old hands are never impressed when a new initiative of any kind is announced. Afterall we have learned from Uniroyal and successors that talk is always much cheaper than actual cleanup. The other thing that we have learned is that they will never give even the tiniest credit to anyone who they have not prechosen for their ideological flexibility, willingness to bend like a contortionist  and ability to ignore the obvious when necessary. 

By the way these are all established cleanup remediations and could have and should have been implemented ten, twenty or thirty years ago. Woolwich Township, TRAC, Lanxess, GHD and the MECP will ignore any discussion of that of course.