Tuesday, July 11,
2006
After 15 Year Delay, 5th Study Finds Chemical Causes Cancer, Developmental Problems & Birth Defects
(Campbell River, BC) - The National Academies (NA) released a
controversial report today in the United States confirming what
numerous scientific panels have concluded over the past 15 years -
dioxin is a potent cancer-causing chemical even at very small levels.
Dioxin can cause developmental and immune effects at levels close to
those currently found in the American and Canadian population.
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January 19, 2006
Over the last two years, the ministry has been in
the process of re-writing the air permit for the Crofton mill,
providing concerned citizens with fuel for optimism. It was hoped that
finally the government was going to live up to their responsibility to
effectively regulate the air emissions from the mill.
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January 4,
2006
(Crofton, BC) – A representative for the BC Ministry
of Environment shocked members of the Crofton Airshed Citizens Group
(CACG) when he confirmed that the province had no intention of opening
up the consultation process for a new air emissions permit for the
Crofton mill to the public. Bernard Bintner, the Senior
Industrial Pollution Officer for the Ministry of Environment, said that
this will not be classified as a ‘major amendment’ and therefore there
will be no public meetings or notice since the permit re-write is
considered an improvement.
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November 24,
2005
Local groups, including the Crofton Airshed Citizens Group (CACG) and
Reach for Unbleached (RFU), today condemned the most recent effort by
the provincial government and local pulp mills to offload toxic waste
to the environment and risk human health. An ‘intentions paper’
outlining a code of practice for spreading toxic waste on agricultural
and forest land in BC has been put forward for a brief public
consultation period prior to preparing and implementing legislation.
The Government’s intent is expressed on their website with a November
30 deadline for response
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October 13, 2005
(Crofton, BC) - A new British Columbia pollution overview issued today
by Environmental Defence and the Canadian Environmental Law Association
has named two of the mills run by Catalyst Paper, (formerly
NorskeCanada) as among the “Dirty Dozen” top air polluters for the
province. 1
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