Quinte News Reports Toxic Chemicals Leaking From Richmond Landfill
January 20 | Posted by Jeff | News, The Leaky Land Blog
Officials have confirmed that toxic chemicals are leaching from the closed Richmond Landfill site into neighbouring Tyendinaga Township. **
The toxins are close to where a new landfill and recycling centre is being proposed on the Tyendinaga – Napanee border.
Both the owners, the concerned citizens of Tyendinaga, the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Reeve Rick Philips told a news conference in Napanee today that a carcinogen called 1-4 dioxin was present in off-site groundwater and some domestic wells in the area.
Pohgek Forgert, a scientist from Queens University was there.
She says 1-4 dioxin poses serious health risks to humans.
** Note: We note that leachate has been found in test wells south of Beechwood Road which is in the Town of Greater Napanee.
Tags: Leaking landfill, Waste Management, Town of Greater Napanee
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