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Brooksdale lotion. women meet, BROOKSDALE -- Mrs. Allan Shelley, of Twently-eight members RR 1 Embro, moved answered the rollcall that the institute give a when the Brooksdale Women's Institute held donation to thigocail ag- ' , . " co , u won'thnowii its monthly meeting at.' ricultural'fair ar . as: 3:133; high/lg W0 ground the church here recent- Mrs. Willis Matheson, with audit" lwweluétuitu the Ir. of RR 3 Embro, ' ' ' ' ' ' . Mrs Bruce McLeodreportEd the institute ' '. table earned $123 at the of RR 1 Embro in- 7 i . recent Embro flea l troduced Ontario market and moved the ministry of agriculture institute donate $500 to and food representative Lois Arnold who came buy .new playground toxic are overcoming. 'ile I admits, . _ ' ' t _ ' I "We're talking about substances-.. stuff identified. as a serious health hazard," flaidStrah ford la "er-Mike Mitche ,now'ao . p ' ' ting as? at counsel for the Embro . resultsofqthentefts gram. to . Concerne Citizensagr'ouptightlng John 'idanuel, amt '10 Moor CCL's plans to burn toxic liquid from envuoament minute: .1" 11- wastes actual. . . . - don-y said «citizens shouldn t WWI "We're not talking about some- about their Wellwater. . , By John Roe dl tr' 't editor .. EldLBRO ~ Canada. Cement Infarge Ltd. (COL) has dumped 1,500 tonnes of toxic waste on its property without knowing if runoff from the pile will leak into the wells of local residents. The dry, dusty waste .. produced "ltl'the waste) hasn't been there by a t ee-month test burn of liquid industrial chemicals last fall;- Was dumped above ground in a disposal l' area on. CCL's property eight kilometres south of Embro. . . Some of the waste blew off the pile when it was put there. And neither the plant nor the Ontario Ministry of the Environment know if the waste is seeping into ground water, though they say people in the area have nothing to worry about. But a report issued two weeks ago by the Ontario Research Foundation shows the waste has dangerously ' high levels at the heavy metal cad- mium and local residents are afraid thing that grows roses, we're talking about something that kills people. Once it's there you can't get it out. " In a meeting withministry of en vironment and Environment Canada officials earlier this week, Mr. Mitchell and the Embro Citizens learned the waste material produc- ed by the test burn was dumped in the; plant, and according to Mr. Mit- chell, "up to now just blowing around." ' Canada Cement is now testing to see if the waste can be safely -- and legally" stored on its property. Company spokesman John Brown that. long and even it, it teaches through it's unlikely it'v'vould have travelled far enough toi'cause pro hiems,"hesaid. p ., He said dosthlew from thawaste "material when it was first dumped, but didn't know if any particles left the plant property. He said after the first rainfall, a crust formed on the pile and kept more dust from esoap-- ing into the air. _ . Mr. Manuel said the environment ministry gave CCL permission to store the waste on its plant when it gave the plant the go-ahoad to ex- periment with liquid industrial equipment at the Zorra' to "talk turkey" with _ . m. .. and am hlets all ro-l motthgtugkeys. p ERR 1 Embro, moved lthat the group donate Judy Matheson, 0f RR E$30 in prize money to the 3 Embro demonstrated - . ' d Z 3 Fa r. Highland dancing and En"??? ?an'grfmesl of topped Off her .ShOW With RR 1 Embro movedvthe the Higland Fling. institute cater to the Mrs. Newton Bean of - ' annual Caledoman sup- RR 2 Embro, gave the per this fall. report for the district annual which was held in Hickson recently. doubts dust from the pile isblowing about the "51' t9 their health. .off the plant and thinks the citizens See "c" ~-- page 2 FROMK . pollution at the plant. More efficient M filters are; being installed around _ . . ,' (no storageareeevand howimonitoring » , . .0933. .7 dewceefafcebeing put~in;-to reveal ' p p , . Just how often dust iromthe stacks , . .1. 5:. is blowing-over the countryside. wastefforlfuella . . ' _- x Bull, Mr. Mitchell paid he has "no 1 . Rasultsof £53th showed faith in "the amateurish testing done on theirnateri m the best burn." " '73.. r ' ' He said the Emit), citikwhre complaining ,' to " Federal [Environ- ment Minister Charles Casein. "The Em'bmecitiaenapiha'ize had ennssionsix?ionr. -the"stacks were safe, but that the solid. Waste" by-- product contained 75100 timwu the level no ._ ' 'safe hygdrinki'ng ' This means! the l , 1. :Y :3 mugalagg? _ significant resultslnfgettirig Canan--l contamina' ewa'terjtable. p. .da Cement tocie'annltp site-act"? Mr. Mitchell said. . . M ' "We want to ask the minister to- . Justify why'the ratepayers had to band together at their own expense, why'the federal government turned, down their requestior help but is funding $350,000 for the company's test burn." ~ . Mr. Manuel'seld the company will be ordered to remove» the waste from its property if tests show the waste material'is seeping into the water'syste'm.' .. ' He said-Canada Cement is already cleaning up several sources of air Environmental Law " lessociation, the Embro Citizén's'TvT'ill'ride}!~ Iii--Es} for an Ontario Municipal Board hearing «- in aduition-.-to the al- readyplanned Environmental As- sessment Hearing; , : Mr. Moss said the OMB hearing is needed because the company must be zoned to burn industrial waste. Now it is only zoned to produce ce- ment.' ' , "We're going to stall this thing," Mr. Moos said. "An OMB hearing will put it back two years. this dilation because during the teat. penodrrelsearchersnever monitored the burning- of liquid wastes when 3:; filtering devices weren't work-- Eg?grding :{0 Joe Moss, of RR 2. ~ ' ,a-sno annual: for the Embro citizens Grou , this in burg; "farceB' aka: the test " 9 company. have been th ' . 3:11;), policemen" he .said. "Ti; _ was commiss' ' for by them! ' toned and paid "Now we're saying to the mi ' of environment the companymjltgt cam proceed with . . _ "We're saying the Wrath of li- dustrial waste becansbzrwsg dhlt quid waste is still experimenial and operating Witl?ntholaw." , we're saying don't experiment with Under adviceer the Canadian" outlives," 1» » ' ' 'z ENJOYING A HOT DOG while sitting on 1115 father's/lap is Kevm Morris, 5, of Harrington. Kevin's father Bob is a member of the Harrington Men's Club which held a barbeque and fishing derby for the children on Saturday. (Stall PhotO)