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timhickey,Nov 6 2006, 09:59 AM Wrote:There has been many people dieing of cancer in that area for many many years the government just dont care because of the money that it brings to the nb government. People being sick and dieing is not worth that some people have jobs, most of those with jobs as soon as they retire or are close they die and guess whats the cause 99.9 % of the time ? Cancer! All the plants in northern new brunswick should be investigated and closed down and the people who have been affected by the s*** they pumped out should be well rewarded, funny how they pump s*** in the air and get away with it though, noone in that area could ever take them to court because of the lack of money. And all the people are left in the dark about it and as far as the topic goes about lead levels .. who pays for the testing ? brunswick smelter ? same as water testing ive had my well tested guess who was getting them tested ... brunswick smelter ... Think they arent gonna get the results they want ?
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Do you want the north shore of this province to become a ghost town? I don't care what anyone says, the smelter, nb power and the rest keep this place alive and without them there would be nothing and nobody left....

Most of JR and surrounding areas have low lead levels, it's the belledune townsite and lower belledune that has higher levels of lead.... There are plenty of men and woman from this part of the province with very low levels of lead in their system, my father being one of them.... Most of the things that have gone into the air were the days of when pollution laws were non existent and nobody cared.... These days, plants have scubbers and other pollution components to make sure eveything coming out of the stacks is clean as the gov't see fit.... Blame the government and basically human kind because nobody gave a damn but greenpeace.

You do know most of the people complaining about high lead levels in gardens, well's etc... are close and near the townsite and are former employess of the brunswick smelter and nb power.... Don't bite the hand that feeds is all i have to say, it's a shame people die of cancer, but cancer deaths are on the rise everywhere, not just here.... Don't automatically blame the smelter as the culprit for 100's of deaths.

I have met very few people who think anything in the area should be shut down because their carrots and turnips have high lead. Move out of the damn townsite where you have a sawmill, lead smelter and coal generating power plant a rock throw from your front porch....

I just find it funny that people that work there for 30 years, come out and complain and whine afterwards because they have high lead in their yard... Their just looking for money.... Everyone says so.