INDEX PCB Digest - 5/27/02
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1) DATE:  JUNE 16TH  ACTION ALERT  FOR A  "RESPECT THE NORTH" PROTEST (FIRST CALL)
2) Northern Daily News - 5/22/02 - Letters to the Editor
Bennett project cements doctor's plans to move
3) Public Concern Temiskaming contacts

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1) DATE:  JUNE 16TH  ACTION ALERT  FOR A  "RESPECT THE NORTH" PROTEST
(FIRST CALL)

Public Concern Temiskaming is asking people from across the province to set aside Sunday, June 16th to join together in a public action in Temiskaming. An event is being planned to bring people to Temiskaming from across the North.

June 17th is the first annual Global Day of Action against Waste Incineration which is being organized throughout the world by the Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA).

Mark your calenders for June 16th and rent your buses.

You can help protect current and future generations of Northerners from being poisoned by dioxins from the proposed Kirkland Lake toxic waste incinerator and associated transportation risks.

Contact your friends, neighbours and relatives and ask them to come with you to demonstrate our strength and demand to RESPECT THE NORTH.

Interim details are being developed and will be released as soon as possible.

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2) Northern Daily News - 5/22/02 - Letters to the Editor
Bennett project cements doctor's plans to move

To the editor:

It would seem that The Northern Daily News' anonymous editorial staff delights in reducing local physician credibility. The concern raised was that of the location of a toxic waste incinerator. We are particularly concerned about the effects of its waste products on children.

In his letter to the editor, Mr. Longland misses the point. Physicians continue to educate themselves in environmental health. Currently; there is a series of articles in the CMA Journal (received by all physicians across Canada) on environmental issues which is also available online to the general public (www.cmaj.ca).

One doesn’t need to be an engineer to understand statements such as "it is inadvisable to engage in new incinerator construction with present knowledge and conditions." (Rowat SC, Med. Hypotheses, 2000) and similar conclusions in numerous scientific journals.

I applaud the citizens who attended local information sessions. However, when a company is speaking about its own product, this is by definition a conflict of interest, as is any report from a consultant on their payroll. Some facts that weren't disclosed at such sessions: several hundred incinerators have been recently shut make their products look , clean; progressive countries are using much cleaner methods of eliminating toxins, etc.

This project will likely have little effect on the health of the average adult in Kirkland Lake, even if they work at the plant. The same cannot be said for infants and children. Nor can it be said for fish and game and those who eat them. And imagine the economic effect on those whose business depends on this.

Think about what disrespect this shows for our First Nation citizens and their land-based heritage. Consider that a trump card for Northern Ontario's economic future is a clean environment. While the toxicity of this incinerator is worrisome, it pales next to the toxicity in the hearts of those who would sacrifice these things for a bit of money that the average Kirkland Lake citizen will not even notice. It is this attitude, not exposure to toxins, that I don't want my children to be exposed to, and has cemented my plans to move.

T. Mitchell, MD
Swastika

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3) Public Concern Temiskaming Contacts:

Public Concern Temiskaming
30 Armstrong Street
New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0

Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am-4 pm

Telephone: 705-647-1533
Fax: 705-647-1558

Email: [email protected]

Drop in anytime and say hello. Volunteer to help if you can.
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