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Bayfield cottager concerned.
about PCB -filled water pump
A close call with the cancer causing -
chemical polychlorinated biphenyls
( PCBs), has raised the environmental
awarness of Bayfield cottager Bonnie
Heath, of Kitchener and her family, and
now, Heath wants to spread a warning to
others of her situation, which is not yet en-
tirely resolved.
The Ministry of Environment announced
last June that as many as 4,000 of the
460,000 private wells in Ontario might have
submersible pumps containing the oily,
cancer-causing chemical which was wide-
ly used in electrical equipment until
declared dangerous a few years ago.
Heath's pump, made by the F.E. Myers
Co., of Ashland, Ohio was on of those with
possible PCB contamination. After contac-
ting the manufacturer, she was first assur-
red there was no possible way her pump
was contaminated.
Later, however, she learned from the
Ministry of Environment that her pump
was among the 4,000 thought to be
contaminated.
"I didn't want to eat the food, I didn't
want to wash here, I didn't want to be
here," Heath said:
Heath said the extent of her plight hit her
hard one weekend when she arrived at the
cottage to find the freezer had been off and
her food spoiling. She immediately began
cooking the food to try and preserve it.
"Here I was trying to save all this food
for my family - I had borrowed pots and
pans from my neighbors to do it all - then I
realized I was cooking all this stuff in that
water. That's what really got me. That's
when I broke down and cried," she said.
"I handle stress pretty well, but when it
comes to giving someone something that
could cause cancer, I can't handle that,"
she added.
Some measure of relief was gained when
a Mississauga testing laboratory found the
water at the cottage to be free of PCBs.
However, the pump still had to go.
The ministry of environment sent a
representative around to collect a sample
for their own use, but the results of the
ministry tests are not in yet. At the same
time, the ministry representative dropped
off a pair of rubber gloves and a plastic
bag to use when the Heaths removed their
old pump.
When the pump was removed, on the re-
cent long weekend, it was discovered to be
on the verge of breaking the seal, which
would have allowed the PCBs to flow into
the Heath's, well, possibly contaminating
other wells and water systems in the area.
• Now the pump sits in the plastic bag, on
the Heath's lawn. -
"The ministry said they have no plans as
of today for disposing. of (the pumps),"
said Heath. "What am I supposed to do
with it in the meantime?" she asked,
noting that her family will be leaving the
cottage in about three weeks.
Heath hopes others will take the time to
check out their pumps for possible con-
tamination, though she admits, "not
everyone has $1,000 to replace their
pump".
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Names of is submersible water well pumps with motors
manufactured between 1964 and 1980 that could contain PCBs and
those that do not contain PCB. Only the names of pumps commonly
sold in Ontario during this period are mentioned.
VICPS COULD CONTAIN PCBs
(oil -filled, with or without internal capacitors)
MOTORS DO NOT
CONTAIN .Pea
(water -filled, no
internal capacitor)
Name of Perp
Name of Motor
Reasons Why
Manufacturers of the
Manufacturer
Manufacturer
Motor Could
following pumps used
(Pump Name)
(Motor name)
Contain PCBs
Franklin Electric
motors:
A1eranotorZ
Century+ Electric
0
A4era *tor'
Berkeley'
Cerntury Electric
0
Beatty
F.E. Myers
,,
F.E. Myers
0, C
Berkeley'
Goulds
(before 77/78)
Grmdfos
GSW
Peabody Barnes
Peabody Barnes
0, C
Hane Hardware
Jacuzzi
Pumptron
Century Electric
0
Layne & Bowler
McDougall
Red Jacket'
Canto's Electric
0
ch
1 c,e r
Red Jacket'
Red Jacket
0, C
'Ihmps & Softeners
Sears'
REDA
REDA
0, C
Sta-Rite (GSW)
Southern
Sears (75-78)1,4
Sta-Rite
0
Webtrol'
Sta-Rite (U.S.)
Sta-Rite
0, C
0
F.E. Myers pumps
Stat1ard
REDA
0, C
with F.E. Myers
motors (after 77/78)
Tait
Century Electric
0
Webtrol'
Century Electric
0
o = oil -tilled
C = Capacitor in motor.
1Manufactured during this time only.
'Used motor of more than 1 manufacturer.
Source: Environment Ontario survey of the pump industry.
Actually, the total cost to Heath has been
far in excess of $1,000, including phone
calls around the country and in the United
States, trips to Mississauga and the cost of
having her water tested privately.
Ironically, Heath's new pump will be -a
F.E. Meyers model, albeitone without
PCBs in the motor.
"I really feel they have the best pump."
she said.
Now, as she waits for the ministry of en-
vironment to call with their test results, or
to pick up her old pump, Heath has .a new
outlook on the sort of environmental pro-
blems she admits she paid little attention
to before her own trouble.
"I really believe we can either have
PCBs, or people," she stated.
Final exhibition is set
BLYTH A.
It has bea good. season for
the Blyth Festival Art Gallery" stated
Gallery Director Carol McDonnell: The first
exhibition this summer, showing the work of
Huron County. ..Secondary School students,
drew comments such as `excellent art
work', `exceptional talent' • and `I can't
believe students did these!'.
The second exhibition, combining cool
watercolors with iridescent glazes on raku
pottery, elicited the following remarks: 'a
pleasure to see .such refined ''work',
`delightful, cool', and `1ovely'. While most of
the visitors who signed the guest book were
from Ontario, addresses have been noted
from as far afield as Dallas, Texas; Co-
quitlam, British Columbia; Emsworth,
England; and Utrecht, Holland!
The third and final exhibition of this sum-
mer will be opened on August 15 by Bev
Katzin-Walker. Ms Katzin-Walker was the
first director of the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery when it was founded in 1970, and has
been closely associated with it ever since.
The, exhibition consists. of fabric art from
two Ontario artists: Sharyn Siebert and
John Muldrew Scott. Sharyn Siebert hails
from Guelph. She . specializes in em-
broidered and quilted silks in soft pastel col-
ours, which she frames to make beautiful
wall hangings. John Muldrew Scott, of
Seaforth, has been working in the field of
patchwork wall hangings for just over a
year. His submissions for the exhibition, en-
titled 'The Lattice, patchwork variations',
are colourful patchwork `posters', varying
in size from about 4' x 4' to the large
`Jacob's Ladder' which is 7' square.
Members of the public are warmly invited
to attend the opening of this exhibition on
August 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Blyth Festival
Art Gallery. The exhibition will run through
to the close of the Blyth Festival season in
Inid-September.
Disabled Awareness Day held
• from page 1
half, mine lasts a lifetime."
A discussion period was held following
the tasks where the participants got the op-
portunity to share their experience of be-
ing physically handicapped on the streets
of Goderich.
The tasks included going- around the
square once in a wheelchair, going to Town
Hall with a quadriplegic cane and asking
for dog licence and tourist information,
gaining access to the Bedford Inn with a
walker and carrying a plastic bag full of
pop bottle empties, being a multiple
sclerosis victim and making a phonecall
and going to the Post Office and the
Canada Employment Centre in a
wheelchair.
Upon returning from their tasks, a
discussion time was held in which each
participant told of his -her experiences.
The major complaints which arose in the
discussion included doors being too heavy
for a disabled person to open alone, and the
cobblestone sidewalks surrounding the
Square being uneven and sloped.
Dorothy Bogie, president of the
Goderich Lioness Club, was given im-
paired sight as her disability.
"The biggest problem was the cob-
blestone sidewalks," she said. "My cane
fit into the grooves between each brick
perfectly."
Also discussed were the reactions of peo-
ple on the street to the handicapped per-
sons. Overall, many of the participants felt
anxious when crossing a street and mak-
ing cars wait but it was agreed on in many
cases, that people wanted to help.
Dave Overboe. from the Huron County
Social Services said that "drivers were pa-
tient and people wanted to help." Over-
boe's disability for the day was to' be a
multiple sclerosis victim, one whose hands
and leg were afflicted by the disease.
Many of the participants found that peo-
ple stared or looked and quickly looked
away.
Responsible for the event was the Huron
County Awareness Days Committee. The
committee is made up of various physical-
ly disabled services in the area including
Grey -Bruce -Huron Post -Polio Chapter of
the Ontario March of Dimes, Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital, Huron Coun-
ty Home Care Program, Town and Coun-
try Homemakers, Huron Day Centre for
the Homebound, Canadian Paraplegic
Association, Easter Seal Society and the
Ontario March of Dimes.
August 17th
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