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Sydney Tar Ponds Victory and Next Steps
Please Forward
Thank you to everyone who wrote letters and made phone calls to the
provincial and federal governments for the relocation of the people living
near the Sydney Tar Ponds. Allan Rock, Federal Minister of Health announced
Friday May 18th that further testing would be done of soil, as well as hair
and blood samples, and that concurrently with the additional testing
immeidate work would begin on relocation plans if there is a "health risk."
Elizabeth May, Executive Director of Sierra Club of Canada, ended her 17 day
hunger strike on the same day recognizing the significance of Rock for the
first time putting permanent relocation on the federal agenda, and removing
the requirement that there be evidence of "acute" health risks before people
are moved. The federal government backed up this offer to the province with
a commitment of $7 million.
This is a breakthrough on the campaign to protect public health in Sydney.
Yet the campaign can not end there.
The Sierra Club of Canada will continue to keep up the pressure to ensure:
1) That the province commit to relocation asap.
2) That any hair and blood tests be done by independent, out of province
experts.
3) That NO work start on the coke ovens site until after people are moved.
Following relocation, we will continue to push for a proper clean-up of the
extremely contaminated Muggah Creek watershed which includes the Tar Ponds
(700,000 tons of toxic sludge in an estuary, as well as 125 acres of
extensive, 80 foot deep, contamination throughout the coke ovens site).
We can not do this alone. Now, more than ever, we could use your support on
this important issue. The best way to help the campaign at this moment in
time is to support the Sierra Club of Canada.
Please make your donation to the Sierra Club of Canada or become a member by
calling 1 888 810 4204 or by mailing the following form to: Sierra Club of
Canada, #412 -1Nicholas St., Ottawa, ON, K1N 7B7.
Yes! Please make me a member of the Sierra Club of Canada:
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Please make cheques for membership fees payable to the Sierra Club of
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Elizabeth May
Executive Director
Sierra Club of Canada
412-1 Nicholas Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7
Tel: (613) 241-4611 Fax: (613) 241-2292
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Coordinator, Atlantic Canada Chapter
Sierra Club of Canada
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Tel: (902)422-5091 Fax: (902)422-9440
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