Northern Daily News
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Page 3
 
A solution is needed
 
RICK OWEN
Northern Daily News
 
Kirkland Lake:
 
There is a need to destroy contaminants cleanup contaminated sites, says Dr. Williams Mills consultant for Bennett Environmental.
 
He told an information session Saturday that t is a need for PCB destruction and that putting contaminated soils in landfill sites won't reduce levels.
 
The scientist told the audience that the emissions from a few contaminated sites equals the emissions from an urban area of about seven million people advised people not to go away from the information meeting thinking that the best solution is to do nothing. Another consultant for Bennett, Dr. Bob Willis, chairman of Cantox, said he was in Kirkland Lake because Cantox did the health study and that they are not yet finished and are looking for questions. "We want to make sure that all questions are answered ."
 
In commenting about "dirty jobs," Mills assured PCB audiences that if the workers are properly equipped, they will not be subjected to fugitive gases.
 
"Right now, these sites (PCB contaminated sites) are causing harm and we have to address that no matter what technology is used," said Mills, continuing that no matter what technology is used, you will never be able to attain a zero detection rate.