When the rules are broken

Trucking tonnes of smelly black goo out to the country and spreading it on farmland is safe, says the environment ministry - " as long as rules are obeyed and guidelines followed.

[Cancer volunteer driver]

That why there is so much cancer in Halton Hills GTA Greater Toronto Area of Toronto Ontario already ?

http://www.topix.net/forum/ca/halton-hills-on...

[Bennett Environmental Inc]

In 2004, Bennet, a company based in Oakville, Ont., completed a $32 million soil treatment plant in Belledune's Renviro Park.

The plant never opened, having failed to secure enough soil to process.

In fact, Bennett didn't even advance to the point of obtaining its operating permit from the provincial government...

Waste recycling firm to buy Bennett plant

Read the original story

http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/ar...

2 hrs ago | Times-Transcript

At the same time the idle Bennett soil treatment facility is about to be sold, The Northern Light has learned an international company is planning considerable expansion in the Belledune region in the near ...

http://www.topix.net/ca/belledune-nb

[more Excuses]

Former Bennett Environmental CEO to pay $550,000 in penalties in settlement with OSC

http://www.topix.net/com/bev

“By failing to make such enquiries to ensure BEI's compliance with the act, Stern acted in a manner contrary to the public interest”

Richard Stern, a former chief financial officer of Bennett Environmental Inc., has agreed to pay $550,000 in a settlement approved on a Friday by the Ontario Securities Commission...

http://www.topix.net/com/bev/2008/04/former-b...

[Alberta worker]

Gross! and this sludge is ending up in our food supply?

I like the idea of converting this sludge into alternative fuels

[USA Too]

During the 1980s it was found that in the transition of control from the U.S. to Canada, dump sites at Saglek had become contaminated with PCBs, probably from transformer oils or similar sources.

Subsequent testing found PCBs were working their way into the local food chain, especially in marine life such as the Arctic char and seal populations.

These findings led to a decision by the federal government to clean up site where 40,000 tonnes of soil was excavated into three large mounds along with 10 tonnes of metal debris.

The cost will exceed $29 million CDN...

http://www.bennettenv.com/php/proj_saglek_4.p...

No details seen at the Site about Who Paid Us or USA as many USA bases around the World have been abandoned over the years

[Bill Johnson Milton]

Food firms shun sludge use

http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/4...