Earlier this summer, an examination by ontario’s Ministry of Environment discovered high levels of PCB and cadmium at Twelve Mile Creek in southern Ontario, next to the former GMO plant in St. Catharines. They were not surprised by the contaminants as the former GM plant, which closed in 2010, had been a commercial site for more than a hundred years.
Now, a local policy, NDP Deputy for St. Catharines Jennie Stevens, is calling for action to combat the maximum levels of PCB and cadmium escaping into the creek. According to local newspaper The Welland Tribune, Stevens wrote a letter this week to Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford asking his team to act and leave the domain blank before the stage intensifies.
Stevens also said the province of Ontario had been aware of the poisonous dumping at the site since at least February, months before the Ministry of environment review was published, but had not yet done anything about it.
The former GM plant no longer controls detroit-based automaker. After the facility closed in 2010, it was sold to asset recovery company Bayshore Group, which began demolishing it in 2010. The site is partially dismantled recently, with a large amount of concrete debris and other debris still waiting to be removed.
This plant deserves not to be with GM St’s active propulsion plant. Catharines, which is still in operation and employs approximately 1,192 employees. This facility manufactures essential parts of GM’s powertrain, adding certain Small Block V8 engines and automatic transmissions, among others. .
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