IT TOOK OUR LYING AUTHORITIES THIRTY-FIVE YEARS TO ADMIT THAT VARNICOLOR CHEMICAL CONTAMINATED ELMIRA'S DRINKING WATER AQUIFERS

 

That is an outrageous coverup! They did it for multiple reasons including not wanting to give credit where credit was due. That credit was to Susan Rupert, Richard Clausi, Ted Oldfield and yes to MYSELF. Susan Rupert has since passed and Ted Oldfield and family moved out of Elmira decades ago in order to protect his very young children. Richard and wife still live in Elmira and he remains committed environmentally. I have capitolized "myself" above as I have been discriminated against by Woolwich Township for decades because I have not embraced their unwritten policy of capitulation to the interests of Uniroyal and corporate successors as well as to the Ontario Ministry of Environment rather than to the public interest.

Other reasons include the sweetheart deal between the Ministry (M.O.E./MECP) and Uniroyal Chemical. In exchange for DNAPL loopholes and others in the November 1991 Control Order, combined with Uniroyal accepting 100% of the pollution responsibility;  the Ministry of Environment were able to pretend that they had missed but one company discharging one weird and unusual chemical into our groundwater that allegedly no one had heard of before. It of course was all bulls*it from the start. 

The three known and recognized (barely & almost nobody knows thanks to media negligence) are Nutrite Fertilizers (Yara), Uniroyal Chemical and Varnicolor Chemical.  Nutrite contributed ammonia to the drinking water aquifers, Uniroyal contributed NDMA, chlorobenzene, dioxins & DDT (unadmitted) plus dozens more and Varnicolor contributed trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, 1,2 dichloroethene plus two or three other chlorinated solvents. The Varnicolor site held free phase LNAPLS and DNAPLS hence I've always suspected contributions to the Municipal Upper Aquifer at least and possibly the Municpal Lower as well. The LNAPLS had both benzene and toluene along with other "floaters". Both of these were also contributed by Uniroyal hence they took all the "credit" for them .

The admissions were made at a TRAC meeting in Woolwich Council, unattended even by local media (Woolwich Observer) as usual hence no headlines to update the public. The TRAC meeting was held on September 12, 2024 at 6 pm.  The Minutes of that meeting were approved many months later (again as usual) allowing even more time to pass. Page 6 of those Minutes admits that DNAPLS used to be located near off-site pumping well W4 (Howard St. Water Tower) which was another lie finally exposed. Page 7 of the Minutes states the information about Varnicolor's chlorinated solvents penetrating from the surface of their site downwards into the Upper Municipal Aquifer. The filthy scum even include the newer address of 84 Howard Ave. versus the older, better known address of Varnicolor Chemical namely 62 Union St. in Elmira. They also, not coincidentally, NEVER mention the name of VARNICOR CHEMICAL in these Minutes . These are the manipulative, lying scum that I've been dealing with since 1989. Certain twats like Sandy, Sebastian and others have criticized my harsh language. Well after a third of a century they deserve far more than harsh language but just to be clear they can go fuch themselves!  I am referring to Uniroyal & successors plus the M.O.E./MECP  plus their fellow travellors who have enabled their dishonesty and lying.