The Crofton Airshed Citizens Group of British Columbia
.....Here to help preserve our shared atmosphere by encouraging sound environmental practices that reduce emissions.....
Each day approximately 25 million
cubic meters of exhaust gases leave the Crofton paper mill, carrying
with them roughly 1500 kg of fine particulate matter, 4500 kg of
sulphur dioxide, 2500 kg of volatile organic compounds, 2500 kg of
methanol, 1000 kg of hydrochloric acid, etc. The plume also contains
some of the most dangerous substances known to life: dioxins and
furans, chlorine dioxide, formaldehyde, lead, and hexavalent chromium.
Source: Environment Canada's National Pollution Release Inventory
(NPRI) 2003; data supplied by NorskeCanada, now Catalyst Paper
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By Grant Warkentin - Campbell River Mirror Published: November 06, 2008 5:00 PM
Neighbours of the Elk Falls mill want an explanation for the black ash and goo that settles on their houses.
“What is it? That’s what I would like to know,” asked Bryan Dann, who’s tired of scraping the unknown substance off the roof of his Discovery Drive home.
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October 17, 2008
On the anniversary of one of Canada’s worst chlorine spills at a pulp and paper mill, a new report finds that the federal government continues to neglect their responsibility to enact and enforce pollution prevention laws.
Download Pulp and Paper Pollution: The Toxic Legacy of Federal Neglect |
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On April 15, 2008, the Community Advisory Forum (CAF) of the Crofton mill, a multi-stakeholder group with the mandate to recommendations to Catalyst Paper,Crofton Division and others, made several recommendations for pollution prevention following a months long 'Pollution Prevention" process.
The CAF, comprised of groups representing employees, First Nations, residents, local business, local government, environment and senior management of the mill, unanimously recommended next steps for the Crofton mill and the Provincial Ministry of the Environment. |
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By Sean McIntyre
Gulf Islands Driftwood-
April 23, 2008
Smell descended “like a bomb”
A Salt Spring Island resident is searching for answers after a strange odour she believes came from the Crofton Mill left her and three people working outside her home with headaches, nausea and itchy eyes last week.
“I am angry and scared and in need of answers,” Anne Miller wrote in a letter to B.C. Environment Minister Barry Penner immediately following the incident. “I have long known the potential dangers of the air from the mill, but had also thought that this was being rectified and, as we tend to do, I put that aside believing that our government would not allow us to be harmed if the dangers were known.”
Though Miller has smelled the sulphur-like odour coming from the Catalyst pulp and paper mill before, she’s never encountered symptoms like those experienced just after 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15. |
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