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| _ But the provincial regulations goyâ€" . ammmmmmmemmmmmmnaammniac 1t «: omeme 5 Oe ds end pounds 18 very raqmentary,m; erning testing and application were x, & i ~ W P '&@k h i l s _ s [Â¥ least 90 per cent of e anc_l . . What is knot‘jnryi ; h / th Ad t 4 | i metals found in the original wasteâ€" . Kleywegt. S 8 1 last updated in 1998 and today a |_ Nb a t N ; Wt J fe le, end up in the â€" PPCPs are present im trace amor whole new range of chemical com. || _ hy ue td “l,agm }? $ :x:m ty * in sludge equivalent to "a penny polinds are turning up in our sewep Z“j Sod .. $ iÂ¥ 5: e eme" | j y swimming pool," she says. Asemom betudetites _ 1 ho n # 4 i ORIGINALIY WRITTENinthe1970s, .. Someone v;zm}iblyavefigc; eat 1 investigate healthcomplaints areno, â€"| ws | Ontario‘s biosolids guidelines have .. lions of pounds of Diosolids toea required to report their findings to ) w | since been revised to toughen up site. anyeffect in their body." _ !. theprovince. J A w1 and growing requirements, stanâ€" _ With advances in analysis and Antiâ€"sludgers, in the words of soil / M a ) dards for metals and an expanded list . going research in partnership y | scientist Murray McBride, see a "diâ€" Â¥ f / NR of crops permitted to be grown using . the federal government, Ofl‘_e{ pt | _ saster waiting to happen," involving Y hl h ,fi P M0iine oo sludge. inces and umver§1tles, the minist; | | . everything from medications excretâ€" [ M . i m § The guidelines were last updated in â€" comfortable saying that "the use I _ edinhuman waste to such pathogens ; ég, 4 i 1998 to make the language more usâ€" . biosolids continues to be safe," | \_ as E. coli thatare capable ofsurviving | q;' "eunen0". n e » erâ€"friendly, says Smith, policy and. . McBride rejects that conclusion | | _ the treatment process. i T tapcae l . in~ # hi special projects manager for the _ "Is it reasonable, he wonders, | | \..\ But the province requires that bioâ€" W %‘s& lrang U ministry‘s waste management policy. . conclude that there is little or no 1 |_ solids be tested, When biosolids n s oc \ l _ branch and coâ€"chair of the Biosolids â€" of landâ€"applying a material conts |\___|â€" leave a municipal sewage plant they mt i. Utilization Committee, an advisory ing unknown concentrations | |â€" are checked for 11 heavy metals as \€ j group to the two lead ministries. thousands of chemicals with un â€"| _ well as E. colibacteria, organic mateâ€" | f Accordingto the guidelines, organic . termined toxicities?" $ 4 ' | _ tial and nutrients such as mitrogen | Wl contaminants in sludge do not pose a 1 A | _ and phosphorous. W 1 threat to human health. THE MAJORCONCERNS | u) the guidelmes cone howâ€"vente. | ETW . "There hasn‘tbeen any harm to huâ€" .. e Persistent organic polluta: | quire testing or regu}atlon of pathoâ€" MX : | | man health or the environment" in ... (POPS): These potentially hazard: 1 | gens â€" dlseaseâ€"causm.g agents such naminmnmaintenmensmemmmened | studies of the locations where biosoâ€" .. organics can accumulate and per: | asbacteria, viruses, prions, endotoxâ€" lids have been applied over several . in soil, unlike others that degra | t 8 . + years, Smith says. & One example is trichloroethelene . _ ins and parasites â€" or organic conâ€" e .. ... 0. ) _ Butbiosolids area"difficultmatrix" â€" cleaning agent used in toothpa. 4 |_ taminants such as dioxins, PCBs, pAVID COOPER/TORONTO sTAR . to analyze for a multitude of comâ€" . andantiâ€"bacterial soap that hasbe pesticides, detergents, cleaning solâ€" _ Supervisor John Rammler at Corbett Creek Wastewater Pollution Plantiin pounds and where they actually end .. found in fish and wildlife. Dr. Day | vents, flame retardants (PBDEs), _ Whitby with a sample of liquid sludge. up, simply because the science isn‘t .. Lewis, an internationally recogniz | | | | | | f m m â€" OAKVILLE FAMILY FILES SUIT OVER TREATED SEWAGE LAGOON NEZ 1 7 \id A .‘l"‘ tal ie\ Y C | ‘ efi ‘; n D 6. c K CAROLA VYHNAK Management Centre but "it got When the pit was finally closed in | c { D in io htntormNine secouges bigger and bigger andifuller and 2002 after years of fighting with s | | "nod i4 s ,A,f.*: AdBh . e# Don‘t try to tell Laurie Eagles fuller," recalls Eagles. the regional and provincial govern=> f i L Wl 6 t * MB \ ~A. 00 i ? ' | sludge is safe. "It was an open pit. The stink ments, their symptoms suddenly ‘ I ( \‘»\'r Y iC * m , IDQrOY Twelve years after prolonged exâ€" would bring youito your knees â€" it ... stopped, they say. t ; " | ‘;"',: 2t T Y 4h *A ww us n posure to a pit of human waste, burned your nose, it was horrenâ€" "IL am absolutely convinced it was !; | 1 lE 1 $*u \. m pib td she and her family of four are still .. dous." the cause of our health problems. Its | P t\ "273'3-"-‘"";’ 4 > k) P i adwatt c 1 suffering from bouts of pneumonia, _ "I didn‘tknow what was in the was as if we were living beside a | C . "hilih, â€" . " ce T i a bowel disease and respiratory disâ€" . ... stuff but the more Mearned, the field that was being sludged every / | a “ P mb \ orders. more scared l got. At one.point, | day with no letâ€"up." | . ; y ’, e 4 They were living in rural Oakville was calling (authorities) five and The family has filed a $2 million f y ‘ aaid 4 ’ $" in 1996 whenallagoon for Toronâ€" six times a day, the smell was so lawsuit against Halton Region and » [ k P k bi to‘s treated sewage opened less bad." American Water, the parent comâ€" : j ns ':‘”f" 6 .? thana kilometre from their home. In the summer of 2000, their well . . .pany of Azurix North America | | i l j "3‘ e The lagoon, which was the size of .. tested positive for E. coli, Eagles (Canada) Inc., which transported ; [ t C lola two football fields, was supposed says, and her husband, Allan, spent ... the sludge to the site. D | | JIM ROSS FOR THE TORONTO STAR to be a temporary storage facility 10 days in hospital: with Crohn‘s The lawsuit has yet to be heard inâ€"> ' | _ Laurie and Allan Eagles, Tara, 19, and Jack, 17, outside the biosolids centre. at the W.A. Bill Johnson Bioselids disease. court. : ; i 4 t t( -