Most of the monitoring work on the Canagagigue Creek was done with the expectation that criteria exceedances of toxic contaminants would be removed. As far back as 1966 and 1996 provincial (OWRC & MOE) studies indicated huge problems in the downstream Creek soil and sediments. These included dioxins, DDT, PAHs, mercury, PCBs, lindane and more. Further studies in 2012-2014 initially shocked the MOE/MECP with the extent of health exceedances. I suspect that George Karlos of the MOE suggested the 2012 monitoring with the belief that by then most of the toxins had all flowed down into the Grand. Perhaps he underestimated the never ending discharge from the Uniroyal site. Further studies ensued in 2017 and 2020 and they too showed significant exceedances of health criteria for dioxins and DDT. The other contaminants were conveniently dropped/ignored or as the "suits" like to say they were "scoped". More bulls*it from those with advanced degrees in the subject.
At this point in time the "remediation" has deteriorated to "maybe if we feel like it we will voluntarily do a little cleanup at a "hot spot" or two but gosh our fully under our control Risk Assessment says that we don't have to do anything, really." That is the "progress" that Woolwich citizens have endured over the last thirty-five years. Bulls*it on top of more bulls*it, thank you very much. This is exactly how professional liars supported by local self-serving councillors get their way. Time, money, political support and bulls*it carry the day.
Meanwhile promises of increased groundwater pumping up to TRIPLE the rates in 2012 were very explicit. They have been totally ignored and now Lanxess and the MECP can't even reliably keep pumping at the old rates. No friggen wonder their vaunted hydraulic containment failed to deliver. It was always going to be difficult without more source removal but they guaranteed their own failure and now are scrambling to put lipstick on that pig and make themselves look good.
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