How could she? Why should she? She's got friendly bought and paid for "suits" telling her everything she needs to know. Whether its a Joe Ricker, contaminant plume expert, or Allan Deal of GHD, they stick to the company/polluter line and that's fine with her. Afterall Uniroyal initially followed by Crompton, Chemtura and Lanxess have all signed on to the pat our backs and screw the public interest bandwagon years and decades ago. Other company suits would include Luis Almeida, formerly Ramin Ansari and also Hadley Stamm. Of course for a politician there is also the upper tier of government (Ontario) telling them what to believe and what to do and trust me we have all recently seen in Wilmot Township (770 acre land assembly) how our local and regional councillors toe the provincial line. Here our illustrious mayor takes orders from the polluter (Lanxess) and its' regulator (MECP) with nary a quibble.
DNAPLS as a pollutant were covered up from the getgo by Uniroyal Chemical and friends. This included Susan Bryant and Sylvia Berg of APTE and made virtually no sense at all, however poorly informed APTE members followed their lead. I, Rich Clausi and Esther Thur did not. Later on Dr. Henry Regier also parted ways with APTE.
The DNAPL coverup has never ended since. All evidence is either hidden or minimized. All citizen opposition has been muzzled as best as they can. DNAPL presence is but one reason why chlorobenzene concentrations are still so far in excess of drinking water criteria more than 35 years after the start of the Elmira Water Crisis. Dense Non Aqueous Phase Liquids are no joke and are the bane of remediation experts world wide. They need to be addressed early not denied and covered up as all the guilty parties in Elmira have done.
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