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December 2009
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Scram General Electric – Hands Off BC’s Water
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Ready to terminate politically-backed corporate theft? Your voice can stop General Electric and Plutonic Power from devastating a massive area of coastal British Columbia.
Take a moment to look at the proposed Bute Inlet private power project – biggest ever in Canada at $4 billion and it’s in your back yard!
With the support of Gordon Campbell’s ‘government’, this unnecessary project would privatize and irreversibly damage huge areas of our wild and publicly owned waterways with 17 dams, 440 km of power lines, 250 km of roads and 100 bridges at significant cost to all species living in British Columbia! General Electric would get 60% controlling interest!! See details.
The provincial ‘government’ is seriously considering ordering BC Hydro to sign a long-term power purchase agreement with General Electric and their partners worth billions of dollars – before an environmental assessment has even been completed!
Are we going to let this happen?!
In 2009, by speaking up, people in British Columbia successfully halted several major river privatization projects (Upper Pitt River, Glacier and Howser Creeks, Blaeberry River, Fries Creek) in their tracks. Let’s do it again in 2010!
Send an email to Premier Campbell demanding a stop to the Bute Inlet Private Power Project being pushed by General Electric and its partners. It’s easy and quick if you go here.
***Power to the people! Special thanks to Save Our Rivers and the Wilderness Committee.
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Epoxy Lining – a safe fix for leaky water pipes?
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Worried about epoxy pipe lining being used in your condo or apartment building as an inexpensive fix for leaky water pipes? After receiving multiple inquiries from people concerned about the safety of this practice we decided to contact NSF (internationally recognized public health and safety organization) for its opinion.
There are various brands of this type of epoxy lining. As long as the finished product meets NSF Standard 61, NSF considers it safe.
NSF Standard 61 is known as a ‘leachate’ standard which means that NSF only tests for what might leach out of a substance. It does not restrict which chemical ingredients are used to create a product.
Unfortunately, standards often comply with industry pressures. Although now known to be toxic, BPA was also once considered safe and found its way into many commonly used products before independent studies (not funded by industry) exposed its toxicity.
Given the chemical composition of linings for leaky water pipes and the increasing uncertainties related to multiple chemical exposures, we highly recommend high quality water filtration for anyone whose water pipes have been lined with epoxy.
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