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health unit probe

’ The apparent overspraying of
the herbicide Roundup by a Kiti-
mat. contractor has outraged ten-

arits who were not warned of the |

spraying, and the incident

‘brought renewed protest from
the Skeena Society to Oppose

Pesticides (STOP).

According to Dr. David Bow-
ering, the Chief Medical Officer
for the Skeena Health Unit, the

applicator was employed by the-

owner of the Golden Town-

‘houses apartments to apply the

herbicide around the perimeter
of. the building. . |
He said tenants of the build-

ing told him the herbicide had

been applied with a commercial
sprayer on a windy day, and
although they could see. the
spray blowing and could smell
the fumes, they were generally
unprepared for the application
of the herbicide.

Bowering said residents have
complained that they received
no notice of the spraying, and

many children who were playing:

outside at the time have since
complained of iliness.

“Tm not aware of anybody |

being sick enough to be hospital-
ized but children have been sick
with symptoms like headaches,
nose bleeds and vomiting,”’ he
said. ‘‘To this point, I’ve heard
of nine individuals with symp-
toms, and there may be more.

- *I’ve basically been trying to

‘reassure people a little bit. I
_ know that they’ve been a little.
frightened and some of them are.

concerned about things like can-
cer or thinking that their build-
ings are going to be contaminat-
éd for a long time. But I think
those scenarios are pretty unlike-

-ly,’’ Bowering said.

He added, however, that most
people were less concerned
about the effects of the herbicide

than they were about what-they-

felt was a violation of their

rights as tenants. ‘‘They had no

warning, and they didn’t get a
chance to explore alternatives,’’
he said. ~
Bowering said Kitimat Coun-
cil had asked for a report on any
possible medical consequences

Terrace centre for private prac-
tice, was a physiotherapist at the
Terrace centre for 11 years and
said she would continue in that
role as well.as offering any re-

quired training to new: physio-.

therapists who had not worked

of the spraying incident, as well

as some background informa- §

| NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING —

tion on the herbicide Roundup.
He said he had sent question-
naires to all the tenants and re-
quested that all Kitimat doctors
report. any illnesses which may
be linked.to the spraying. “Pll
compile those statistics and hope
to give Kitimat Council a report
prior to their next meeting,’’ he
said. ee a
Bowering said that Roundup
was “relatively low in terms of
‘toxicity’? and said it was con-
sidered to be safe by Agriculture

Canada following tests in which |
samples of the herbicide were in- . §

jected into the skin of 50 volun-
teers who apparently suffered no
ill effects from the chemical over
a period of several months.

He said -the main use of ©
Roundup was in the agricultural |

industry and that the chemical
could be applied to a field to kill
weeds and planting could take

place only a few days later with. §

no effect on the crop, But even

though Roundup. appeared to —

lose its herbicidal effect rapidly,

Bowering said that the remain- .

ing chemical apparently binds to

the soil and any long-term effect | |

it may have on mammals is still
not clear.
Bob Brown, Co-chairman of
STOP, was more critical of the
spraying incident and more
skeptical of safety claims by
Monsanto, the manufacturer of
the chemical. .
‘The whole spray area is right
next to a park. There’s kids run-

ning around it in ‘bare feet and

they’re playing in water that’s

run-off from the area that was

sprayed.”’ .
Brown said that the residents

‘were outraged. ‘‘They had no

notification, they didn’t know
what they were dealing with,

they had sick kids on their ..

hands, and the applicator said
the herbicide was as safe as table
salt. .

‘‘And that’s a claim that you
cannot make,’’ he said. ‘The
safety of Roundup is very much

under a cloud. It’s very much a ©

questionable chemical,’’ he said. .

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‘tion as administrator for the

with children. .

She said that because of a
serious shortage of physiother-
apists in B.C. the chances of fin-
ding new employees immediately
was unlikely and she would pro-
bably be working at least half-
time in the position for a while.

| The Terrace Pony Allstar Team would
| ike. to thank the following businesses

for their donations and assistance in |

enabling the team to travel-to the

| provincial playoffs in Maple Ridge, B.C. |

_Inn of the West

Finning Tractor .
Terrace Travel -
Terrace Builders ©

All West Glass
Rudon Enterprises. _
Pizza Hut

_ Farko Contracting
Lindsay's Cartage
Bratd Insurance
West End Ghevron

Kermode Friendship Society

Cedarland Tire Service
Terrace Interiors

River. Industries"
Northern Drugs
Paragon Insurance: .
Richard’s Cleaners
Northern Motor Inn
Terrace Steel Works

Thornhill Husky ~~

N & J Services
Budget Rent-A-Truck

Wightman & Smith Insurance -

Terrace H & H Builders
_ Twin River Electric ~

«Norm's Auto Refinishing

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~ REZONING APPLICATION |

TAKE NOTICE THAT an application has been made to change the Zoning and rele-
vant Official Community Plan-designated land use application hereto — from P-1_ J

1 Public Assembly to R-2 Residential Two — to affect the property and land outlined

and shaded on the accompanying maps, marked Schedule “A” and Schedule “B".

~ ; CIVIC ADDRESSES: Co ao oe,
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-and numbers 4415, 4417, 4419, 4421, 4423, 4425, 4427 Terrace, B.C., V8G 1M1.

| LEGAL ADDRESS: oo
LOTS 1 to 6 inclusive, BLOCK 2; and Lots 1 to 7 inclusive, BLOCK 3; ALL within PLAN
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The intent of this Rezoning Application.is to CHANGE the COMMUNITY PLAN and
ZONING BY-LAW to recognize the low density residential use and character of the

area.

The proposed amendment By-law and Official Community Plan may by view by any
and all interested parties, during normai business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), Mon-
day to Friday, at the: . Sc _—
Municipal Offices, —-

- 3215 Eby Street, Terrace, B.C.,

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Municipal Council Chambers, 3215 Eby Street aforesaid. - .

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writing, to Mayor and Council, and/or in person the evening of the said. |
Public Hearing. of
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