HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE IS THERE REGARDING UNIROYAL CONTAMINATION ON THE STROH PROPERTY?

 

Hmm let's see: besides word of mouth first hand testimony there are maps, reports and other documentation. These include CRA, GHD, CH2MHILL, Terraqua, Dames & Moore and other professional reports. There are the early (1991) Environmental Audit Reports done by CRA as well. There are topographical maps indicating ground surface elevations produced by CRA, Region of Waterloo, Min. of Environment etc. Indeed some work is required to put it all together and determine the most likely outcomes of various bad decisions made over the years. One of the more potentially shocking ones is whether or not the Martin family were ever advised when the upstream source of "water" on the Stroh property to their swimming pond was enhanced in 1983 by the man made extension of Martin Creek. This man made extension has since been known as the Stroh Drain or the Stroh Drain, Ditch & Berm (SDDB).

There are other interesting variations between official maps other than the true location of GP-1. Questions arise as to what percentage of liquid toxic wastes actually flowed directly or indirectly into the favoured GP-1 location.  Or is it just as likely that Uniroyal used pumps to get some of the offending liquid toxic wastes into the favoured GP-1 location? 

Quoting a famous saying "When one is up to one's as* in crocodiles it is difficult to remind oneself that the initial objective was to drain the swamp."  The swamp on both Uniroyal's eastern border and Stroh's western border was finally drained with the construction of the 1983 SDDB. The SDDB drained both surface water as well as contaminated groundwater from both sides of the property line. To this day the SDDB has 2,3,7,8 TCDD (dioxins) in its' sediments at least thirty times greater than the federal health criteria and quite frankly with more sampling likely far in excess of that.

Despite all this our authorities have all chosen to bury their heads in the sand and govern via the ostrich method..