Ontario Hydro sprayed Agent Orange

History | 207066 hits | Feb 26 6:03 am | Posted by: Scape

For months at a time, summer students and salaried hydro labourers would fan out across Ontario equipped with metal knapsacks filled with poisonous chemicals strapped to their backs. The company also loaded hundreds of gallons of herbicides onto all-terra

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by PENATRATOR
Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:01 pm
In 30 years time, we'll be talking about cell phones causing the extinction of the planet! Mark my words...You've been warned!!!!!!!!
by raydan
Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:33 pm
Wouldn't be surprised to find that this was the norm in every province and in quite a few other countries.

That's the way it was done at the time.
by CrazyNewfie
Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:22 pm
Just because it was the norm doesn't make it right. One of the gentlemen in the story said for a few weeks time he and his co-workers had to submit pee samples, and that the company was doing air quality tests, they were never told of the results...guess what? If any tests were actually done, the only reason they wouldn't make the results public is because they found out that it was poisoning their employees, and that would be admitting guilt. As long as those in charge aren't the ones being poisoned then who gives a shit about the common man?
by raydan
Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:39 pm
Sorry CrazyNewfie, I'm far from supporting this practice.
Just not surprised that it was done.

Happy it's not being done anymore, at least I hope, cause this is one of the places I like to go cross-country skiing.

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