WHIUBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988,,PAGE Il LTTERS; Th'anks for help To the editor: I wish ', o express my appreciation to the local Kfinettes for their kindness. They corne Vo help me with miy apartment, which I truly ap- preciate. I hope this littie note wil spread their good deeds to others. R. Sutherland liow Winl LAgCO treat the water? To the editor: Re: the proposed LASCO waste a disposai site (berm). We of the Corridor Aiea Ratepayers' Association have become quite alarmed by this test dump site on the shore of, Lake Ontario. E ~ This site has been operational.*** since July, 1987, and we .have been trying Vo alert >,, the community, various local officiais and the Ministry, of te Environment of the hazardsî of this dump -site if the proéer contaimnent methods to pollutl9n are not used. Sadly, we have run into a sâlid wall of apathy from the public, - elected officiais, -bureaucrats, and....... the fourth es1iate. We have presented information *o leachate water ý'contamination, SOTE fire hazards' ani airborn . FACIAL T ISSUES pollutants Vo these variousbes 200 Sheets and the standard answer that we have got back was -". . .someone should do something about it..."z7 and/or"... .please keep me informed.... Weil, for those of you who stili ..* wish, îe be, informed, here is « another tidbit that we have E UGESo ieaned from LASOO's technical * HGISo data that the public has access Vo. PAMPERS In March of this year, the DIAPERS Ministry of the Environment Jumbo Size J btained sampiescf; the-waste. tnateii and ana'âlsed tlïèm. The9 .4k ministry found that manganese 1 B4 1 and phenols were already exceeding ninistry drining waterstnad after only nine mnonths ofbermn operation. They note that ýthese oniy affect Vtaste COTTONELLE and -palatability and are noV BATHROOM reiated Vo heaith concerns. Igrew up in Burlington, TISSUE Ontario, where at times the 4 Ral Pkg. water had a terrible tâte Vo it and was, at best,, difficuit to l 2 drink. This, I was toid, was on . 1 2 account of phenois being in the water system. Observing the rest of the Ministry of Environment wfm results, we find that severai heavy metals are*present in the dumrp site leachate. water. The EAL S rg a t ministry has no standard for them, however, hey are as follows: nickel, aluminum, molybdenum and strontium. Lead, and iron have already reached at reached4 2 per cent of the nsr of a mile away ftom bosco.) 0 0NA S We of the corridor areaY 4 «pa, D ratepayers' association will W. 0 continue to press for answers and solutions that will satisfy both C LASCO and the community. 31 aC 1 2 I However, we cannot do it alone, S @MPC E we need the public's involvement. (nHy o ,l During this election campaign, HT YarsfomPt press the candidates for their 1,0 q Lo involvement and answers.NE EXRPAKG tRATRIE0 Be involved'in the security of , your drinking water supply; that 66 -7 46 630 is all we ask. 0Ihlfl * Whitby --- ------------------- ---------------------- .--- - - mi