Don't bring poisons to Point Aconi
Letter to editor from R.J. MacNeil
Cape Breton Post
Saturday, June 28, 2003
The tar ponds cleanup option to
transport that poison to our community
is a plan fundamentally flawed
from its conception.
I travel that highway every day
and can say that within the last couple
of years there have been at least
four coal trucks that went off the
road and dumped their loads. Just
imagine a truck loaded with that
poison.
As for having Nova Scotia Power
Inc. burn it in the Point Aconi plant,
based on past practice I think NSPI
will want to be paid to do it. Paying
the utility to burn it adds insult to
injury; we taxpayers will end up
buying the energy back as electrical
power.
That's assuming the community
would ever allow this to happen. It's
bad enough where it's at, without
disturbing all this material, knowing
particles will become airborne.
I am no expert, but after attending
several community meetings
and listening to people from the
Joint Action Group, I can say that in
my opinion neither are they.
We cannot allow our children,
our homes, or our community to be
contaminated with this poison! This
is a serious threat to the health and
welfare for all the citizens - from
where the material is going to be disturbed,
to the communities
where it's going to transported
through or to, to where the emissions
are going to blow from the
smokestacks.
It's too late after the fact. If it
happens it will be dealt with - with
extreme prejudice. There are too
many intangibles with this option
and too much risk of devastating
consequences.
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