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Vol. 5 Edition 44
More well issues in North Kent and toxic materials such as mercury, lead, arsenic and uranium. Jakubec said during the Members of Water Wells First (WWF) aren’t giving North Kent Wind Enviup on their demand that ronmental Review Tributhe Ontario government nal last fall, “WWF prodo what is right and stop vided credible evidence construction of wind tur- that Black Shale was bines in North Chatham found in a water well poluntil the cause of wells luted in a similar manner being clogged with sedi- in former Dover townment, and what is in the ship to the MOECC (Minsediment, is investigated istry of the Environment and Climate Change) and fully. WWF spokesperson Chatham-Kent MuniciKevin Jakubec met with pality. “ N o w members Chatham and media “The water in the at the home tank was frozen on top township is undergoing of David a similar deLusk on this morning and with terioration Green Val- cold weather coming, in well waley Line. it is definitely going to Lusk is freeze. What do we do ter quality, the 14th then? The water smells at a number of wells well owner s p r e a d known to like plastic and I’m not throughout WWF that drinking that.” Chatham is now ex- - Resident Dave Lusk township,” periencing undissolved sediments Jakubec said. The municipality is ofpolluting his well water after nearby pile driving fering water well testing to people with clogged on Bush Line. The main problem, wells, including sediment Jakubec said, is that the testing, according to a provincial government press release, however, is offering water tests to property owners with impacted well owners in well issues, including a manner that consistent- Lusk, say they don’t trust ly avoids and prevents the municipality or AEtesting the actual pol- COM, the company doing lutant – the undissolved the well testing for North sediments – for Kettle Kent Wind 1. They also don’t believe Point Black Shale, known to contain heavy metals Medial Officer of Health, By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
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Dr. David Colby, who told WWF members at a meeting in Pain Court that ingesting the particulate, while unappealing, would not pose a health risk because the particles would pass through the body. WWF, however, has determined that the way to test the shale particles to assess what is in them is the acid digestion test, which releases the toxic materials from the particle. Lusk said his water stopped running while he was in the middle of a shower, less than a week after pile driving began on nearby Bush line. He noted he did get a water tank from the company, but is concerned with cold weather coming. “The water in the tank was frozen on top this morning and with cold weather coming, it is definitely going to freeze. What do we do then? The water smells like plastic and I’m not drinking that,” Lusk said. He added that he currently has to carry water back and forth to the chicken coop so he can get water to the birds, and the stress of the situation is getting to him. “It was bad enough watching it happen to my neighbours and I got involved with WWF back when this started.” Continued on page 3
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Pumpkin-carving Transformers Michael and Connor Ebert, aged seven and eight, enjoyed their time at the second annual Haunted Halloween at the Chatham-Kent OPP detachment Sunday.
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