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26/ THE TORONTOSTAR, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10,1*85 . j .S . firm offers nass, or toxins in John Deverell Toronto Star The Enviro-Health lab alab help Wcurale toxic chemical tests on ed identify a problera/of drinking nans can now be done so cheap- water pollution in a T ia c o ^ A rlt, ihat mass testing will soon re- neighborhood. It Identified`traces or fear and speculation in the of solvents in orie.slck p e rso n ironmental and w o rk p lac e which were eventually traced to lulion debate, says' a leading pollution of groundwater ajMEwplls .scientist. by a nearby aircraftfactorJ.V/ V' ohn l^seter, a biochemist and "We're geared to $erve d o lors, Eor to the U.S. Environmental and we report only Ho those who tootion Agency, says new test submit the samples,* said Jbqseter ijiods can put detailed knowl- on the touchy question of medical e of chemical poisoning into the confidentiality. "In.our view nega d->of corporations, unions, indi- tive results are just as Important ial citizens and their doctors at as positive results in,gm ing'doc lively low cost. tors quickly to a correct diagnosis.' i.NOln. formerly of the Univcr- Good data helps them sort oiit the ,uf New Orleans, is in Toronto hypochondria from the real 111- ing capital for expansion of his ness." , . >..** company, Enviro-Health Sys- Quick, accurate human testing SInc. of Dallas. can aEo prevent the waste of pub jee chemical analytic testing lic and corporate time end money, hods he and others have do he said. . pVd over the past 15 years r e leaped beyond expensive' pound-by-compound testing of : P esidjdfcL ;,-^, . an blood and urine specimens it testing on a mass production ng. he said. Te pestlcld^^^TW%)#m o/ffis analysfafoc,* l& ita lj:1substarves including/aJdrliV T^dr in Chemical society DD f, D D E / a n tf hexachldroben 'x iive in a chemical society, we need the chemicals," said ter. "Hut we also know that ( iT the fiO.OOO new chemicals duced in the last 40 years . terrible effects, and th a t k effects occur in some people z c n i Tbe solvent test covers aroiri^tIc ?compounds * bentepe, toluene, xylen< rencK and six halgena carbpns Including )tre ene nd dichlorobenzeiTes! I.lseter's business Stra posure levels much lower than 'which cause immediate and us svmp'oms and illness." ? Enviro-Health. labs provide si. and results w ithin 48 of receiving samples and are d to handle requests from here in the world. The service les a comparison of the test s with a growing data base of ' es taken from individuals i the United States and be- gigantic lawsuit* by^fficiHdpfpioy- ees (Vpossibilitythat doi#,notW irt in Canadian law). ^ f .'V worker Is contaminated,before'be la hired, an industry needs to kno# that for its fewn pj-otectiorti*! Lapeer ob s e rv e "A lot oft chemical compa nies Jcan't ovetf get Jnsurahde any morE and this ojffeH/them * pietlv company's analytic tech; rely on computer-assisted hromatography-mass spectrv, and can detect one part illion in fluid -- the eouivarietceting a grain of salt in a ning pool. e multiple compound te st *es -- for pesticides herbiphenols, solvents and polylated biphenyls (PCBs) -- vailable at prices ranging 100 to S185 for single speciwith discounts for group od of maklng the insurance parri- ers rhore comfortable. / MWical m onitorug^iw be used to identify problems and. reduce worker exposures before they be come too serious, h i Odds.)/:* , Sojhe of the most Interesting'ef fects of cheaper khowledif, .how1- ever*, arise from testing Initiated by independent physicians^ "One l3rgA group of peopwhas come to us fpbm a nelghbdHtood' Wear a chemical plant in Terfas where pne person got sic k . The company,/ v .. u v w e, - - ------------- ----------, T ----------- _ management wenV^intp SrAtaie of shock when th ey and found out how easily wie coUft}lest everybody. Infcpriatlon /infec tious, and the legal Implications are quite dram atic." . .Vy*r ' P r: / j : T in river m ud * I . ^ . V ' '; . ) f By JOCK F E W ^ O N ^ : ' ;; ; -QDow. Chemical+.CnaW-Inc-^dtenped toxic - wastes, fax:liKngdkJxjhs,.into th S t | Cllr last year, according tth'Ontario E.nviuyijindit i ;-. j/.j!.'! | laboratory analyst results received by the " last week found-dloxins 'ln the rtVer Dow manufacture of the herbicide 2,4- cofurns and other bexadfarobenzeries ateo Were detected tn the mass of tr sludge* ..that toe ministry said carn from the production ; of a Qfcwdry-cleaning solvent cHed perchloroe- f tbyleop. .j' U .. y ' `Dot$ spokesman John Musset, $atd he had hot : I seen the ministry findings and had no knowledge , o( hoi| the toxic material got into IherivdETn.' are usually drawn, off the bottom of the , t process arid djsppeecfof by topineraHon, /! ~ochstader,i>arrtla district officer fr the j ; said, hovtever^thapthe wastes entered *from fhjFIrst Street sdwr into which f plantdiscMirgs;; ' ; ^ ^ \ been assured ly Dow itnany times tha P ;tes are not 'getthig into the irtver,'*' Mr. pbehtader said in an interview/ "H'really concamsfme that this ptuff 1. . . (noO being detect y yed bypow'a monitoring cjuipmenC, i. / <?4* .[' y'TT^couldbesampl^thM fp'W tertothia- > 11ve while the heavy urs: on the bottom go - detected. These . nexaddorobotwjBes .are ^)wg carcinogens.'" ; v , ' . r He? said DoWs monitoftitg `nompany t Acontinuous samples of the sewpf'wastes --> tected stmltgr discharges of taMVnstes In the ptest and the company had sent. M divers to cleaitthemup.'-.. ,. .'-A'. k.t/'1A1j\^: I*.:'"|\ ' *A '' . .. j While the leveb of.hotfi tb didxhtiahd furtbs vwrejin the parts per billion, the., I^netevt Oi me suosiances ui it and a gpteqt polluter pi disking water **** v '; " A****.': JV Environment Minister James Jjrdley' Th j ^ d a t e p p M A ^ " p h the ` rafter the discovery. '; - ! The. bottom sludge was detected Jr* August, j 'i |I84, by divers fot tpe Great Lakes ll^ h u te who : ' took samples of wter^poc^ of chemkabkobaiH { y,tpg on the bottom of the iJr s fe # h e to n&.First j ' Street sewer empties from the DoW S ^ rA spokesman in Mr. Bradley^s^hfc^said the ] ministry Is concerned thiw isii\disfbarges may hhve been going on fof yeartrw(ttpbt d^^ec-, : tlon.'The fast-floWtng river everituMly.disperses the tr wastes even^^thoughthey i^Hnhchbeavier than water and.sfhk to the pottOm; ' The ministry t sendte^'boats .`flrij He the Hver Off the Dow planEln Samla " the'precautlon *d lo iro in raw ,if ui" / i*------, -r--- , , .Wallaceburg watery the JnhHstrfl aaid.dtjs highJywnbkeiyib ata --A'-". detected since the,tats were ;thaaa y e a r ^ rjht.fdnitry Mr>. Bradley's office hsa a .analysis of ah spilte Dow has i&mrisOYSi _ibe:. t nov*r tr\a A w U tb ei madre. 4, itr lo th * '.