Agricultural sector joins outcry in plant proposal. (Timiskaming & Region).Timiskaming dairy farmers Dairy Farmers is one of Australia's largest and oldest dairy manufacturers, established in 1900, supplying products to local and international markets such as eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. are prepared to go to court, if necessary, to stop the construction of a hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. incinerator in Kirkland Lake Kirkland Lake, mining town, E Ont., Canada. An important gold-mining center, gold was discovered there in 1911 and again in the 1980s at Harker. The mining of iron ore and tourism are two other important industries. and protect their livelihood. Feeling marginalized and frustrated by the province's environmental assessment process, farmers are formally opposing Bennett Environmental Bennett Environmental TSX: BEV AMEX: BEL is a Canadian company based in Oakville, Ontario. It specializes in the recovering of soils contaminated with chlorinated hydrocarbons, including PCB's and PCP's, Dioxins and Furans. Inc.'s proposed plant and are demanding the minister of environment reject the Oakville company's application to establish a facility capable of processing 200,000 tonnes annually of contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. soil containing PCBs and other chemicals. "I don't want to fight with anybody, but I'll fight like hell to protect our industry," says John Vanthof, president of the Temiskaming Federation of Agriculture, and an Englehart dairy farmer for 20 years. At risk, they say, is the future of the region's milk, cash crop and livestock industry. The temperature of the heated region-wide debate rose a few notches in late June when milk processing giant Parmalat released a letter stating it could not guarantee it would continue to buy milk from Timiskaming District dairy producers unless Bennett Environmental gives scientific assurances there will no impact by their incinerator on agriculture in the area. Farmers and Parmalat express concern that escaping inadvertent stack emissions containing dioxins and furans from the incinerator could conceivably wind up in livestock feed and eventually work their way up the food chain, and over time through to milk and meat products. Agriculture in south Timiskaming is the region's major industry, representing an estimated $100 million annually in sales, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the federation. Of the area's 350 commercial farms, 80 are dairy, while the remainder are beef and cash crops, such as wheat and canola. John Bennett
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"There's no chance we could ever cause a problem in north Timiskaming," says Bennett, adding the environmental assessment process and field data they plan to supply from their St. Ambroise, Que. incinerator will show "no measurable effects" from any kind of contaminants. "I would certainly like (that information) to be reviewed because we have an impeccable record, totally impeccable. "The sources of what they're worried about, like dioxins, I mean a cigarette will put out more than we will in Timiskaming. "If any other industry was subject to the same scrutiny we were, nothing would ever be able to operate, not even a wood stove." Bennett says any extension to the public commenting period should be viewed as stall tactics by opponents. "We've done everything asked of us by the ministry and every concerned citizen, and that's why it's taken three years and $3 million. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what else you would like us to study." The federation is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a fundraising campaign having hired environmental consultants Beak International of Brampton to review Bennett's formal proposal, which is now in the hands of the provincial environment ministry. They are also raising money for a legal war chest should the Bennett plant be given ministry approval without the benefit of extensive and wide-ranging public hearings. They were further seeking an extension of the Aug. 9 deadline for public comment, set by the Ministry of Environment. Vanthof harbours concerns that an embargo of Timiskaming milk may spread to other agricultural products. In a letter sent in June to Timiskaming-Cochrane MPP (Massively Parallel Processing or Massively Parallel Processor) A multiprocessing architecture that uses up to thousands of processors. Some might contend that a computer system with 64 or more CPUs is a massively parallel processor. David Ramsay David Ramsay may refer to:
"You are right," Poirier wrote in a reply letter to Ramsay, "in saying that perception can be as damaging as reality on issues of food safety." Ramsay wrote Parmalat in April wanting assurances that if the incinerator went ahead they would continue to buy milk from area farmers. Ramsay, who has come out strong against the incinerator proposal, and what he considers a narrowly scoped assessment process, asked that stack-emission data from Bennett's hazardous waste plant in St. Ambroise, Que. be included in the environmental review of the Kirkland Lake proposal. His request was rejected by the environment ministry. |
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