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Dec 18, 2021 · Some progress made this year on determining the risk to human health and environment in creek watershed
Jul 25, 2016 · Chemtura Canada will not meet its 2028 deadline to clean up Elmira’s groundwater after almost 20 years.
Jul 14, 2016 · Chemtura says its computer model now shows something a concerned citizens’ group has long claimed – that it won’t meet its target date for cleaning up Elmira’s drinking water. Elmira has ...
Dec 28, 2023 · In 1989, contaminants were discovered in the aquifer under Elmira, the source of the town’s drinking water. 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.
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 supply.
Nov 2, 2020 · 2020-11-02 - LEAH GERBER LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER. 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 ...
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Agent Orange was produced by Uniroyal Canada in Elmira, Ont., a small farming community just outside Waterloo. In late 1989, 17 years after production stopped, Elmira was obliged to shut down its water supply because of the discovery of high levels of dangerous chemicals in the aquifer that flows under the town.
