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editorial
Time we
cleaned up own
hazardous mess
The abrupt cancellation of plans to ship hazardous
waste to Canada from Love Canal, N.Y., reminds us that
in a world obsessed with its carbon footprint, too many
places still refuse to dirty their hands handling the
worst of their own waste in their own backyards.
One of the most notorious U.S. toxic- waste dumps,
Love Canal was a partly -built waterway that was filled
with byproducts, including cancer-causing substances,
from Hooker Chemical's operations near Niagara Falls,
N. more than half a century ago.
Eventually capped, with homes built nearby, the area
became a 1970s poster child for environmental horrors
when contaminants from the dump began seeping into
homes amid mounting health problems for the resi-
dents. Hundreds of families were forced to move.
In the fallout, the U.S. passed its sweeping Superfund
legislation to deal with the cleanup of hundreds of
heavily -polluted industrial sites in the nation.
Love Canal's witch's brew was all but forgotten until a
plan recently surfaced to ship 80 truckloads of its con-
taminated soil from a landfill near there to a hazardous
waste landfill and incinerator in Southwestern Ontario,
in one of Canada's richest farm belts.
Only after a stink was raised by rural neighbours and
Mayor Mike Bradley of nearby Sarnia, a petrochemical
city that's no stranger itself to environmental nasties,
did the hazardous waste site's operator, Clean Harbors,
nix the plan to import the waste.
There are more than a few uncomfortable truths here,
starting with the fact that waste is a commodity shipped
far and wide. Nor are Canada's hands clean. Mega -city
Toronto, for example, for years exported its trash to
Michigan until it bought a landfill 200 kilometres away.
Still, it's also true ours is a world with growing onus —
witness the push for a global treaty to fight climate
change — to get serious about our worst environmental
problems at home.
Just as we wouldn't expect American towns to take
tailings from Alberta's oilsands or fertilizer plants, or
Ontario's nuclear waste, we shouldn't be surprised that
Love Canal's carcinogen -laced dirt was given a cold
shoulder.
Out of sight no longer means out of mind.
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Keeping it
crafty
Yesterday I went to a mall.
And not surprisingly, so did
everybody else.
A packed parking lot fol-
lowed by hot and crowded
hallways, screaming children
and cranky shoppers; no
doubt Christmas Day would
soon arrive.
Luckily I wasn't there to
shop, but to hide from the
onslaught of rush hour traffic,
which was - at the time -
plaguing the urban streets of
London.
As I watched people rush
around from store to store
with bags and bundles in tow,
cheeks flushed and dripping
with sweat, I realized maybe -
just maybe - I had made a
smart decision this year.
You see Christmas 2013 was
going to be very different for
me.
This was the year I decided
not to buy presents; I was
going to make them.
After all, isn't this the sea-
son of giving?
When it's really the thought
that counts?
Right?
Also, like many others, I'm
kinda broke.
And so, a couple weeks ago I
started with a grand plan to
create several one -of -a -kind
pieces of art to give to family
and friends.
Let me tell you, it's a lot
harder than you'd think.
After all, we're not talking
macaroni pictures with glitter
here - don't get me wrong, I
love those things - I'm talking
about full-fledged Pinterest
stuff here.
That's right, hardcore.
First problem was time.
Believe it or not, the average
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Huron Expositor
week for a lonely reporter isn't
just sitting on the couch eating
bon bons.
Second problem was keep-
ing it all a secret.
The Internet has a strong
pull, especially for a photo bug
like me. I just wanted the
world to know each time I fin-
ished something.
Maybe the paint fumes were
getting to me.
Lastly, whenever I get crafty,
I tend to get messy. I can't
even tell you how badly I need
to tidy up my living room.
Um, I mean art studio.
Glitter in the carpet, paint in
the sink and canvases
everywhere.
I guess you could say I had a
pretty bad 'art attack.'
But in the end, despite bit-
ing off way more than I could
chew, I made it - I got them all
done.
Pay no attention, dear
reader, to the fact this column
had to be written six days
before the paper actually came
out due to holiday deadlines.
Seven days before
Christmas.
I mean, I'm sure I got them
all done.. .positivity is key.
And with that I wish you all
the glitter and macaroni you
can handle, not to mention a
very merry Christmas.
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