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4/25/2010: The fish in our drinking water are toxic, but what about the water itself?
On Thursday, April 22, 2010, the St Catharines Standard pubished an article about fish in the Lake Gibson reservoir, which we posted here. That article outlines that the fish are toxic and unfit for human consumption, and that this is due "contaminants in the sediment" lining the bottom of the lake. Further, those sediments are unfit for garden soil, and the lake is unsafe for swimming.
The Decew filtration plant is located at the far end of the Lake Gibson reservoir complex ( view map - "A" marks the approximate location), so all the water used for that plant first has to travel the entire length of that reservoir, being therefore in constant contact with those "contaminated sediments."
The article concludes by assuring us that, as long as we don't eat the fish or use the sediments, there are "negligible risks" to health.
Please read the article (linked above). Read it twice. Nowhere in the article is there any mention whatsoever of the possibility of any effect, risk, or even concern, regarding our drinking water. This is the drinking water reservoir for the entire Niagara Region... and in an entire report regarding toxicity in this specific environment is no mention of possible risks in that regard? That seems, at the least, rather odd, doesn't it? Or perhaps this is merely the opening for an ongoing story regarding this matter...
