Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 27, 1988, Winnipeg, Manitoba J i w wow Al 13 a que Sec test soil Farmer Noel Trudeau has been ordered to keep his Iward until test St up angry recriminations gave Way to fatigue and grim resignation yesterday As removed from their Homes after a pc fire earlier this awaited word on Tbs air Quebec environment department officials had told residents thursday they would probably be Able to re turn to their Homes monday after results were obtained from a series of tests on soil and other exterior but Laboratory backlogs May Meu removed people be homeless for even longer As for cnugent officials test re for diodes and highly toxic chemicals released when pcs Are partially dioxins and furans arc known to be far More dangerous than pcs poly chlorinated Al though All three substances have been linked to cancer and birth some 120 medical personnel have been organized to begin blood tests on people in the affected areas just East of Montreal and to provide answers to worried Albert director of the Quebec toxicology said the teams priorities Are to test the police and others who were closest to the fire and were exposed to the toxic fumes for the longest period of the service is opened to every one but we have Nantel r Programmer analyst intercity Gas corporation seeking applications for the above position in the utilities the successful candidate will test and document new programs As Well As evaluate and problems with existing primary responsibilities will include maintenance of the existing customer service system on an ism 4381 utilizing and the Supra data base management University or Community College graduates with a minimum of five years of related experience Are to a Good operating knowledge of cobol is required along with Good Oral and written communication knowledge of mv3 pan Valet the data base management system would be a definite we Ofer an excellent compensation and employee Benefit program with career advancement please 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Hospital in the that would be a he a containing litres of pc contaminated exploded and burned for More than six hours tuesday blood testing the blood tests will be performed Over the weekend at Charlesze Royne Hospital in Greenfield a suburb of naj Itel said pregnant and nursing women Are at High risk and Are also at the top of their but he added All people in the area will eventually be Nantel although the effects of furans and dioxins Are not the tests had to be run As soon As were in a crisis he what we dont do now May never be but he said that pcs Are very difficult to measure in the blood and if they Are found there is no treat its understandable that in a Situ nation like this involving toxic sub 1 stances you cant see or smell and whose effects Are not Clear or imme people Are very while Many residents have taken Refuge in the Homes of friends and a handful Are still staying at local the area has net yet been officially declared a disaster zone and the government has not provided shelter or any reimbursement for expenses to the Dis placed the Quebec Environ ment department has installed Complete with Beds and a Kitchen equipped with a oven for its own employees in Sipi resident Nicole who like the other removed residents has had her life turned upside Down by the was not i guess were just not import said a tire looking if they would just Tell us that out Homes must be destroyed and us compensation it would w better than who has lived Here for is has sunk thousands of dollars into her Home for a new win Dows and but she said the memories con he lie for blk Iii hair ennui a Tor on How h it i in univ i to if a Type went i they Lilio Uki bout Fol it trained in her Homo Are More important the material i have photographs of my Par rots who a Boh one will try Vive to be Chest round results to leased yesterday from the nearby of and St ail no cd negligible traces of pcs like fhe majority of test results rut Nan Lei said he has seen pre and fran results an ii i is far to Early to draw any on minis Ter Clifford line in tick conficii11 to Limos now r have a for or any experts to an he some lest results in a housing in fhe town of Ste just of hero show Levels of ii m Ali Rique pcs 13 to 22 times i Phr than tha of 10 fire acceptable Jos a geneticist a the University of Western Ontario in said the danger cannot a of Quebec would Al Berisf has lie Only p t be if it oui creator m they should be testing More like or sonic in faced per stir Iii Tho ii re piece snug coif Sakho on Viii rom accepting Ince up the provincial government will move quickly to build a Fence around a warehouse where litres of pc contaminated Oil Are a City official said the Cemen Block warehouse is owned by Marc who also owns the pc warehouse in St Basille near which burned tuesday forcing nearby Resi dents to flee a Cloud of toxic Levy lives in Florida and told provincial officials who contacted him after the disaster that he was thinking about coming Back to Quebec to Deal with the Levy has been operating the facility in this town of 160 kilo metres West of Quebec without a permit for two years because he has not conformed to provincial safety standards for storage of Haz ardous City manager Charles Mills said officials from the provincial environment department agreed Ai a meeting with City officials yesterday that if levys North Cen trial dynamics does not con form to provincial standards imme the government will act next we made a Short term arrange ment to improve the in the Long we asked the i to remove the Mills said in an inter government officials promised they would remove the waste Whon a Modem storage facility in 6so Kilometre North of the opening of the fac Ilii v if played because of by some satisfied As Long it Doe Siil take too Long to get rid of Mills he said the government promised to build a Towanda Hali metre Chain link Fence around the topped with barbed to replace a dilapidated Fence now in until it is a Roundt Hemlock guard Iii posted at the Ware located us a Small Industrial Only 300 from a Resi Dent us he Kaui i to government will also fix track in the floor and rear Range the Hill barrels to allow easier inspection the two p we Iii for his Perm it two y cracks in Tho floors or i any Ruri i by Irris Cluid the City will tired around banish and Fife Mih n Lions was last in Trio Firo h Revenue Fri forces i Montreal Chi in Clit and Union to incinerate Conta Calgary up Alberta would on humanitarian a request to destroy pc contain ated Oil from a warehouse in a Quebec environment minister Ken Kowalski said about residents were forced from their Homes tuesday by an explosion and fire at a warehouse in just East of Mon the warehouse contains litres of pc laced chemicals known As furans and dioxins Are released when pcs Are partially burned and Are much More dangerous than pcs pol Chlorin ated they Are known to cause cancer and produce birth defects other Federal environment minister Tom after touring the area said he would Appeal on humanitarian grounds to the Al Berta government to permit the remaining pc contaminated Oil at St Basie to be Alberia has Only pc incinerator in the town of Swan but has traditionally forbidden wastes from outside the province to be transported Kowalski said he has not Riv us a formal Appeal from the Federal but the consider such a request it it were he said his Quebec Clifford called wednesday to ask about Albertas disposal but did not ask if ids could be shipped to the Kowalski said Alberta has Ighut such As what of Oil would i the involved and Liow he be he he rest Canada had better Vii it in it kept to eur ii improvements arid build its own twist Sal the National research Council said yesterday it May a last have found a Way to get rid of pcs but Are some hoops to dear ton its of Usu ugly Hen Cal be in hit tue Tului Hast been proven and even if it works w a a new n help with by works visas Titus a plot project Latora is to thi1 1evv Wecks by live has Hen in acini 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