Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), May 24, 1991, p. 7

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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday May Page Environment- Greenpeace does get results By BARBARA Environmental Activists Get nesults An activist organization that gets results is Greenpeace In a recent bulletin from them those pose the questions Do you feel safe with the quality of drinking water in your community With the quality of the air you breathe With nearly SO tonnes of hazardous waste pro duced each day in Canada alone toxic wastes silent pervasive deadly are a growing threat to the health and safety of each and every one of us Many people believe that the problem of toxic wastes is just too big to do anything about Greenpeace is one organization that is taking direct action against the polluters of our water our air and our land They are attempting to cut off toxics at their source ECOLINE THE CARBON CYCLE Before we started cutting down forests and burning fossil fuels carbon was removed from the air at ha same rate at ft was added billion Carbon absorbed by trees per year and plants during photosynthesis- Carbon released when carbon animals and plants breathe and decay Tim The oceans help by absorbing hall of the extra billion tonnes carbon but cutting down trees and q tropical rain forests makes the o problem worse by reducing earth ability to absorb carbon Source University of Stockholm Sweden WORK Ill STREET Newf Store SPECIAL THIS ORANGE ROUGHY FILLETS 89LB BLACKTIGER SHRIMP LB MOORE PARK PLAZA Georgetown WERE YOUR INSURANCE BROKERS WE UNDERSTAND PAUL C ARMSTRONG INSURANCE BROKEflS LTD 143 MILL ST Hills Georgetown Ontario 8770133 The evidence shows that they are having a significant effect by forcing the situation into the public eye 1 In Canada Greenpeace has forced paper manufacturers to admit that the unnecessary chlorine bleaching process they use releases hun dreds of dangerous chemicals in to the environment and loaves residues of causing deadly dioxins milkCartons cof towels that homes every poisons including in products like fee filters and we all use in day I 2 Along thejjt Lawrence and across the Great Lakes the dramatic voyage of the Greenpeace research vessel Beluga focused worldwide at on the damage being done to these vital waterways by in concerned more with profit than preservation of our environment 3 At Niagara Falls Greenpeace activists scaled the cliffs surrounding the falls and unfurled a banner protesting chemical pollution of the Niagara River As a result the State of New York began working with Greenpeace to produce source reduction guidelines for toxic wastes in this chemical cor While the methods of Greenpeace are not something we feel comfortable with they do get results Maybe Halton Hills can learn something in their struggle to keep garbage from all of Ontario from rolling into the Niagara Escarpment Greenpeace hopes you will join in pressing federal and provincial governments to require changes in the way we manufacture our products and in the products themselves in order to reduce the amount and the toxicity of in waste For more in today waste reduction and prevention are economically and technologically viable just by improving internal processes often by minimal review of systems and procedures As citizens we can t sit back and wait for government to make changes We have to take a stand as individuals and become The hottest pnces onTVVCRs REMOTE CONTROL COLOUR TV Mod- ho he follow hg SPECIAL we Modal No RCA REMOTE CONTROL COLOUR TV noon RCA VHS VCR Direct Accoss Infrared Remote Control Recording with Delayed Start Unified Remote BOB HAS PRICES THAT ALWAYS SCORE REESES PEANUT BUTTER CUPS OR EATM0RE CANDY BARS KNECHTEL SALAD DRESSINGS French Island Italian Bottle PRODUCT OF U S A FRESH R0MAINE LETTUCE BARBEQUE STYLE RUMP ROAST LB Kg LEAN BEEF READY FOR THE GRILL MOORE PARK PLAZA Pleasure To Serve You Monday to Friday a m Saturday CLOSED SUNDAY COUPON WITH THIS COUPON SAVE W OFF I l 2 MILK With Coupon SPECIAL PRICE WITHOUT COUPON WITH THIS COUPON SAVE OFF The Purchase of ONE4L BAG OF MILK Special Price With SPECIAL PRICE WITHOUT COUPON MM Values effective Saturday May through Saturday Junelat

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