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Le Comité communautaire de l’étude des sols de Sudbury soyez venu ensemble en 2008 en raison du public soucis avec processus et résultats de l'étude de sols de Sudbury Risque pour la santé humaine Évaluation. The Community Committee on the Sudbury Soils Study came together in 2008 as a  result of public concerns with the process and findings of the Sudbury Soils Study Human Health Risk Assessment.

The Community Committee on the Sudbury Soils Study has commissioned Glen Fox, an environmental toxicologist, to review the Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) on the Soils Study released by the Sudbury Area Risk Assessment Group (SARA), and to also review the new Biodiversity Action Plan, a project which is meant to address the regeneration of the Greater Sudbury’s environment.

The Community Committee is holding a public meeting Tuesday November 17 at 7 pm at the Days Inn (Elm and Lorne).

Glen Fox will also be speaking at 1 pm at Laurentian University on Wednesday November 18 at 1 pm in the Science Building in room F-355.

At both meetings, Glen Fox will give his analysis of the ERA and Biodiversity Plan.

Glen Fox has a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Guelph majoring in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology; an MSc. from the U of Alberta in Ecology and environmental physiology; and an MSc. from the University of Surrey, UK.  in Biochemical Toxicology. He has spent his professional career with the Canadian Wildlife Service of  Environment Canada where he investigated the effects of environmental contaminants on the health and reproduction of fish-eating birds on the Great Lakes. He retired in 2005.

He writes in his critical analysis of the Ecological Risk Assessment that:

'There are no accurate, real, or current measures for many of the variables required by the risk assessment model.  Of the 25 dietary "items" used in the risk assessment, 80% were estimated. It is felt that this approach compromised the risk assessment, making it difficult to say anything about the likelihood of adverse effects of a chemical of concern on any valued ecosystem component.'

The report that Glen Fox has made about the ERA can be found at our website: www.sudburysoils.com
 

Contact Information:

Glen Fox:                                                     613-729-1185                                                            gpfox@sympatico.ca

Monique Beaudoin (French contact)        705-855-8084                                                            MBeaudoin@santesudbury.ca

Rick Grylls:                                                  705-853-4241                                                            rick.grylls@gmail.com
 

CCSSS Steering Committee members:
Rick Grylls, past president, CAW Local 598
Homer Seguin, retired, United Steelworkers
Monique Beaudoin, Health Promoter, Centre de Santé Communautaire
Joan Kuyek, retired, formerly coordinator of Mining Watch Canada