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"8 - PORT PERRY STAR Tuesday, August 18, 1992 "Scugog's Comiinity Newspaper of Clioice" Earthworm is important Letters to the editor Villages have been ignored To the Editor: The death of an earthworm may not be an important event in the scheme of things, but to dermatologist Dr. June Irwin, it has chilling implications. "The earthworm is the pro- ducer of topsoil", Dr Irwin says. "and pesticides kill the earth- worm. The earth is losing 23 bil- lion tons of topsoil every year through deterioration and ero- sion." As a dermatologist Dr. Irwin has seen patients with rashes that couldn't be explained through allergy tests. Dr. Krop in Mississauga sees patients daily who suffer from head- aches, nausea, vomiting, gas- trointestinal problems, memory loss, aching joints and muscles and a chronic bedridden, ongo- ing fatigue. Both these doctors and several others in Canada and the U.S. have concluded that these patients had been ex- posed to chemicals in the food and/or the environment brought about by indiscrimi- nate spraying and other chemi- cal exposures. "Our health and our chil- dren's health is in the hands of gardeners and farmers", says Dr. Irwin. While people have a choice whether or not to intro- duce into their bodies chemicals found in medications, they have no say in their exposure to the harmful chemicalsysed in their neighborhoods by others, she has pointed out. If we poison the worm or de- stroy the nervous system of spi- ders, what is this doing to our Reward for information To the Editor: I am writing this letter to pass on my condolence to the parents of the inconsiderate people who stole the flags from my front yard on Thursday, Aug. 7. I bet they (the parents) would be really proud to think of how much nerve it takes, to turn oneselfinto a thief. The thieves think this machi- own nervous system? The doctors treating patients stricken with environmental ill- ness have a large number of sta- tistics that show increases in respiratory diseases, cancer, and blood disorders in North America. Some of these prob- lems are the result of exposure to DDT which hasn't been used in either Canada or the U.S. for a number of years. This chemi- cal is still showing up in pa- tients because DDT is not banned in Mexico, and the wind carries the chemical northward from there! Even in the remote areas of the Arctic, levels of toxins are being found in the livers of po- lar bears, and PCBs are show- ing up in the breast milk of the Inuit. Yesterday while walking in my area I was greeted by the distinct stench of pesticides. By the time I arrived home I had a migraine headache, aching joints, bleeding gums and a re- newal of my ongoing chronic fa- tigue. Why are so many people obsessed with a "weedless" lawn at the expense of others? Everyone in Scugog is con- cerned about the prospect of a landfill site in our area and the detrimental effect it will have on our health, and rightfully so. But we also need to start the chemical clean-up right in our own back yards. The increase of asthma, allergies and other auto immune diseases in this area is testimony to this. Pam Beadle, Prince Albert, Ont. nation makes them more mas- culine but it only serves to tell the world what they really are ungrateful, cowardly, deceitful with no respect for their par- ents or themselves. I will give a reward for infor- mation leading to the return of my flags. Phone 985-2870. Yours truly, Andy Andrews T'o the Editor: My residence is located about 1.5 km. south of the proposed landfill sites L2, L.3 and L7 in the Township of Scugog. While many people have come forward and addressed all the terrible affects a landfill site would have if created on this prime agricultural land and the other effects of traffic, water contamination and tourism, I would like to address the issue of' social impact. I believe that the existence of the villages surrounding these sites, namely Utica, Manches- ter, Myrtle Station," Myrtle, Ashburn, Port Perry and Prince Albert have been ignored. A° very short part in your summary has been included, called the social impact and deals with the issue of displace- ment and disruption. I believe no one should have the right to approach this subject and apply criteria of this nature unless they have experienced this so- called disruption and displace- ment. Disruption and displacement are two very generic words that do not begin to describe the hor- rible situation the people living on the proposed sites will be in and the emotional turmoil they will suffer once their site 1s se- lected as the final dumpsite. I have experienced this type of personal nightmare twice in my lifetime. The first time was during World War II when my parents were uprooted and lost everything they had worked for and separated from all their family and friends. I went through it a second time when the provincial gov- ernment decided to put in a city beside the proposed new airport in Pickering. I therefore feel I can tell you about the social impact the loca- tion of a landfill site on some- one's home will have on their COPEN HOUSE Salurday, August 22 & Sunday. 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Older people living on the site will rapidly decline in health due to fear, ag- gravation of losing their home, family farm and all they have worked for all their lives and perhaps for generations in their families. I have seen families split up because of the pressure and tension everyone is under in their homes. It becomes un- bearable. People in Pickering and in the war died just before or after being displaced. We send our armed forces to other countries to save lives and protect people from dis- tress but we are not capable of stopping the government from doing this to our own people. I therefore urge everyone in- volved in this process to explore all the possibilities available so as not to disrupt any lives. There are very isolated areas in this province that could be used as sites if that is the govern- ment's ultimate decision. How- ever, I feel there are too many other alternatives available that would eliminate the need for a landfill. f Walter Ankert, Myrtle Station Edgar responds To the Editor: Re: Joel Aldred's comments Racism, bigotry, slander and ignorance do not even warrant a response. What is really despicable is his cowardly act of attempting to destroy five month's work by a committee of 18 people (of which I was not a member) with his letter in the paper four days before the fundraising event. Gary Edgar, E.D.O. Mississauga's of Scugog Island First Nation Sa SU i As Ga, it Bl Co EE 0 40 BO J ap SoA le 3 RR RRR i 2 i ol sos yg KON | 8 = Bravo, Esprit, Kiddo, Krickets, No No No Size infants to size 16 I USGI. Cini So