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Writer Knocks Manitoba Government for "Disgusting" Response to Arsenic Issue
Dear Editor: Complacency about water safety thrives in Manitoba. What are we putting into our water ? PLT photo We are putting toxic waste (poison) into our water. Toxic = dangerous, immediate or long term effects. In the absence of scientific research, no one should simply claim those products are safe and acceptable, then allow them to be discarded into a water source. There is absolutely no legitimate government interest fulfilled, by allowing arsenic, lead and other contaminants into a water source. Yet, that is exactly what is happening! The town of Virden, Manitoba, for instance, has been issued a licence by the province to dump arsenic taken from the water treatment plant, into a surface water source, which downstream, enters into the Assiniboine River. The questions then that need to be answered are: Why does government, the province of Manitoba condone and permit such a disdainful action? Why ar
Environmental Report Details Extent of Contamination in the Quebec Runaway Train Disaster
(The Toronto Star) There was never doubt that the deadly train derailment in Lac-MĆ©gantic caused an environmental disaster, but a report made public this week by Quebec's ministry of the environment details the extent of the devastation to the soil, river and lake near the disaster zone. Details here. Related: "Have Our Servants Become Our Masters? "
Water is Our Most Precious Resource
by John Fefchak Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Water is the life blood of all living things. It just seems we have so much fresh water in Canada, we don't look after it, as we know we should. (U.S. and Canada need to reduce algae bloom on Lake Erie, WFP 29 Aug) It is clear that governments have ignored the basic principles of water stewardship for too many years in the pursuit of narrow economic interests. Lake Winnipeg has become a horrid reminder of devastation, that we are leaving our children and their children to bear alone. Now Lake Erie has a sickness that has returned. So many of our Lakes have become diseased. The name of this disease is 'human complacency.' Slime on a Lake Winnipeg beach near Gimli. PLT photo.