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-n-- ---- -- _ _* ^ --- -- v-:^ ^ iC hem ieal spili in St. Clair kivi mg^omesciijKing-.'V' t .-.KsVyS. 'iNlVr l.'.v V ^ n P - subsequent- tests at Wallaceburg ". e. Island showed two parts per billion deal, said David Oved, an official.in rg?:;;.Environment Minister Jam es Bradley's offi'ce/ ^ ................. . .. f .. biWj ' '.Th Wrld'Healtfi^Crganization's standard for thy1 e r UdSaI 'Haniif,' ; *unsafe levels of lh;chemial is 10 parts per bil- > ,t> - j * . lion/Mr/'.Haniff.^shid,-'The-.Ontario. Government. * Vdoesn't hayelcritria set forthis cbemical/so it ' refers to the World Health Organization's (stan- i "./** . * r , .^ M r,?Ham ffsaia,the water is safe to drink but iV~~ ^ concentrations, get . s"gbfng down)( but for a while/** Mr. limona o v - w . *.. i(.pvwiciu. *s dissipating. The ; ' ./chemical seems .to*stick together in globs', So. divers can literally vacuum It from the w ater.'!. _ _________ .. , . ; |i `A (Dow.Chemicarspokesman said the compa-1 '< " 5 . ny^ent ' . axr ew to clean up the spill, which w as' : artY nr 9 ftl fedsed by.-aleaky valve, as soon as it was disco- *'J J G W i S .a L L l L U G G ^ f l c D i O F a D l B '^--'*' %; |vere<LtwoA.weeks ago. W hen'the1Government - ' 4 /found Additional traces'of the chemical'last" l & l-1J *iWqdnesday.and Thursday the company sentout %jTbislsawmewimt(^ayed.re^qpsetoainaJoren-; theClanupcrewagain/ - : ,r' ': vi^nmentaire risia;^;th sp111 9 per-. '>. - *The*ministiy wai alerted% ' the spill "by -- members of th Greenpeace" environmental :i ^m yp^ho.w ereioljT about iFby.Dow* Chemical S^rtoqs part of the crisisw aspver^^[ V y r ^ : - -&~/:3?>V;`^I'yvork on Walpole Islandjid five In.Wailiceburg. In tath locaUons/drinking water comesfrotn the St. 'w^worokrkeersrs$':dduurriningg:'tthhee, pgmrouunp'a's\;,npnolllulutitmioin npmrotptesstt tour oi the Great Lakes. -> -i ' lalrRjver.Betweenug. 13and Aug. 17, there was a ,major chemical spill fromDow Chemical. If was not untilAug, 28, that Walpole fsland Admlnistratin was* Officially notified of the orists,';! feel ttye casual at* UUtde taken by Dow In this/matter'is.deplqrabl: t iXtJLIKttl- stronglybellevthat Hcommunities Ihidanger of b^ Jngeffected by the spill should have been notified im*~*' 7 mediately at the onsetofthe crislsl^ /,^ ;l;;V //^ y ^ <:. , :- tj&fl Wl find It difficult to believe that with th technology. ,. of the chemical Industry, this,leak went undetected forfourndays* and iiirtherVthat,vtherie are/great : dlscrepanclesthout^the vactual' amount ;of/per^ chloroethylene released Into thrivr.Ifeel we have * a right to be guaranteed that all traces of th;spill have been recovered and that our drinking water is G0 per,,-cent. ^ e vJndeaiing with such hazardous^, .. Chemical glani llow Chemical : ..W,Qmafe:Inc.;has;.beeii: charged/ V;with;sis^ counts'imderOntano's.l Environmental legislation .-follow^- \ / ' ih^- a spil^of dry, cleaning fluid most? sophistteQ ted^recaulJQ i^;*^ /from its Sarnia plant into the S t- cfremlcal industry to sfiicjukrd jficovlioniQCQt^^^ .i -MI sxipervisejt^edaycare centre o^WalpcJTslaDd.;';,' -` Clair /: - J Wehave a very strict nutrition pollcy.whlchexcludes'1. many foods due to the questionable nature of iom 0^ 1 * S-'rment; divers '.who/took>samples.j, /rfrom the'Vver after/,the incident,/ perchloroethylene^h known c a r c liu g ^ ^ ^ ^ i^ v ^Thqfmtne implications of this'spili arefri^t^nlhg/ ' W*.won't truly,experience'the!luU jepercuslons:ttfc* ... th i^ a r'futre/buf ^ lj m f e w ^ e ^ vdoW^'fos'/ '* " "J ^ ^ n.:-- h!)veHov^^Tpy^dj-'1 Dh;^pdjr;if:you'qan'^: t alert toilwicommuhlUs^who wert idUmtely; ef^.'v - ? fected was npt'm ad^^lncrelhoi^ that.this Iqc^ v" ' T ----- " \7^ W S^ f^m i. SRNIAint (CP) ^A-caner/causing chemicalspllled. into the S&Clair.Riyejr two weks:`agoby a i faulty valve at ' J)ow Chemical | ' imada Inc. plant has.been found 'in^atples^'wken- froid' drinking j 2 T 'IwnnaitTe^rM?iyn)tUafkoeUtptriapKeinsHart .S,WiHiailipol>e*vIs-1 rAplescbntoiii 7 pi^per;billioh;of' perchlorpethlenft^.Th'^ W oild Csl Health-ACh-ganlmtionWConsidcrs levels below lO p a rt^ w / l. cceptahle/h sahl/"; // * `h?Tbe.water is considered safe.to m iult'jlaniff said. Bu tif t(ie.con centration holdssteady^themhiisIry will hcd/to' discuss'th sita- rW .W h,dedica) people*^,%; j -x.c .i. - ~* *- - " 1: