Specific explanation will be easier than specific evidence. I am not a detective agency nor should be. All of my complaints are factual knowledge known by many here in Elmira who have followed the alleged "cleanup" for the last 36 years. Aquifer treatment started in January 1992 with on-site pumping wells PW1 and PW3. Within a year PW4 was added as the first two were inadequate on their own.
APTE was founded by Esther Thur, Sandra Bray and Susan Rupert. NOT Susan Bryant!!! Sandra Bray is the only surviving founder and lives in Elmira and likely will give an accurate answer. If you ask Susan Bryant you have a 50% chance of being misinformed.
Esther Thur started APTE (with the other two) in 1989 and resigned from them and joined the Elmira Environmental Hazards Team in early 1994 which consisted of Rich Clausi and I plus Dr. Henry Regier (in about 1997). She remained with our group until her death in approx. 2004 hence she worked for twice as long on her Archives as a member of the EH-Team than as a member of APTE. Her Archives should either be called the Esther Thur Archives or the EH-Team/Esther Thur Archives.
NDMA did not "develop" within the aquifers. It developed from production waste components such as Dimethylamine (DMA) and Nitrogen with the Nitrogen both naturally occurring and as part of Ammonia (NH3) discharges from Uniroyal as well as Nutrite Fertilizers (Yara) next door. It was released into both the air above Uniroyal as well as was in their liquid waste discharges eventually sent to the Elmira Sewage Treatment Plant (after 1965) and into the Canagagigue Creek.
How do I prove that well E10 at the extreme south end of Elmira has never been a part of the Elmira water distribution system? Proving a negative is always difficult but perhaps a phone call by the Record to the Region of Waterloo would work.
The number of dump trucks involved with the removal of toxic wastes from the Envirodome/Mausoleum is a matter of record. I have been advised by an individual personally involved in the project . Presumably the Ontario Min. of Environment could set the record straight on that if the Record or anyone else wished to call them.
There are test results with significant detections of DDT and dioxins the full length of the Canagagigue Creek down to the Grand River five miles away. The furthest downstream testing was done from Jigs Hollow Rd. a few hundred metres west of the Grand River and again is a matter of public record. The Min. of Environment as well as Lanxess should have those results and if asked nicely would probably give the K-W Record a reasonably accurate answer.
Leeches were part of annual or semi-annual Biomonitoring for many years. They were put in cages in the Creek precisely because they were known to absorb chlorophenols which years of results confirmed. Again the Min. of Environment (i.e. MECP) could confirm this. That afterall is the Ministry's job to provide answers to questions.
Fish studies which the Ministry have also done confirm years of Tissue Residue Guidelines (TRG) including 2014 exceeding criteria in fish such as carp, shiners and minnows.
Warning signs in the Creek were erected as a direct result of fish sampled and found to be contaminated with DDT, dioxins, mercury and PCBs. The Ministry (MOE/MECP) should confirm that for the Record or for yourself despite their disgusting opposition to posting them.
The K-W Record deserves kudos for the time and effort they put into this article. Unfortunately however if you solely or primarily interview co-opted citizens and fellow travellors of the polluter (Lanxess) you will have numerous exaggerations and inaccuracies..
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