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- NDMA or nitrosodimethylamine, a chemical known to cause cancer, liver and lung damage, and death in test animals, was detected in extremely high amounts in Elmira’s aquifer in November 1989. The town’s water was shut off and citizens subsisted on bottled water until a pipeline to Waterloo’s aquifer was built.
www.pressreader.com/canada/waterloo-region-record/20201102/281483573892273Why you still can’t drink the local water in Elmira - PressReader
Dec 18, 2021 · ELMIRA — The going is slow, but it’s going. Both Lanxess and the Technical Advisory Committee chair provided a year-end update on the cleanup of the Elmira aquifer and the Canagagigue creek...
Nov 2, 2020 · Elmira has safe tap water, but it is not taken from the local aquifer. Experts say it will take many more years to rid the local groundwater of toxic chemicals.
Nov 5, 2014 · It was 25 years ago this month that Elmira residents learned chemicals from Uniroyal Chemical Co., the town’s largest employer, had contaminated their once bountiful and pristine water...
May 5, 2023 · Elmira, Ont. – The decontamination of the town’s aquifer is still a long way from meeting drinking water standards even though improvements are being made.
Nov 2, 2020 · ELMIRA — This month marks 31 years since the town’s residents were told they must not drink their own water. NDMA or nitrosodimethylamine, a chemical known to cause cancer, liver and lung damage, and death in test animals, was detected in extremely high amounts in Elmira’s aquifer in November 1989. The town’s water was shut off and ...
Dec 28, 2023 · The town now has water piped in from elsewhere in the region. Much of the contamination came from a chemical plant, Uniroyal Chemical at the time, which had haphazardly disposed of chemical waste on the property and in the creek.
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Jan 6, 2021 · Elmira, Ont. — More than 30 years after the cancer-causing chemical NDMA was detected in incredibly high levels in Elmira’s aquifer, experts are still trying to pinpoint sources of contamination.
