a4 Saturday, “Match 2t 1992 @ Saturday; 'Maich 21-1992 i Lyle Kritiansen says Canada must take an interest in U.S. problem Scott David Harrison EDITOR Lyle Kristiansen says the federal government has to look south. The Kootenay West-Revel- stoke MP ; says Cana- da can’t ig- | nore the United State’s nu- clear habits. Fresh from a fact- finding tour Lyle Kristiansen of Washing- ton State’s Hanford Nuclear Waste Disposal Reservation, Kristiansen said Canada can learn a lesson from American mistakes. : “I don’t want to push the panic button but we should be concerned with what is going on at Hanford,” Kristiansen said. Hanford, located 500 kilo- metres south of the Canada- USS. border, is an ugly exam- ple of nuclear waste misman- agement. In 1949, Hanford deliber- ately released radioactive io- dine 131 into the atmosphere as part of secret military ex- periments. Dubiously titled the Green Run, the experi- ment was not made public until 1986. Kristiansen said he wants to know what toxic emissions went where. “We have to find out whether these early dis- charges had any affect on Canadians,” he said, pointing to a possibility of thyroid dis- eases and thyroid cancers north of the 49th parallel. Kristiansen said most of the answers may come from the Hanford Dose committee, MP humbled by Hanford we have to be concerned,” Kristiansen said. Kristiansen said Canada must also be aware of what could happen in Hanford, saying the. bubbling of ra- ‘I don’t want to exaggerate, but you have to be prepared for a worst-case scenario.’ — MP Lyle Kristiansen a group erected to study dam- ages of the infamous Green Run. He said the committee - may provide some answers for concerned Americans, but it does little to alleviate the fears of Canadians. The Hanford Dose commit- tee is limiting its northern scope to Kettle Falls, Wash. — 16 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border. For that reason, Kristiansen wants Environment Canada to get involved. He said Canada should conduct its own study of the effects of the Green Run on border towns. He also said the. federal government should take a more active role in the affairs of Hanford. Hanford, which employees 14,000 people, has 177 under- ground storage tanks con- taining ferro-cyanide and hy- drogen gasses. Of those 177 tanks, Kristiansen said 149 of them are constructed from single-shell stainless steel. What alarms Kristiansen is that 66 of those’149 single- shell tanks have leaked toxic ferro-cyanide gasses. Like the Green Run, long-term effects those leaks has yet to be de- termined. ~ “It’s uncertain whether it got into the water or not, but dioactive materials in any one of the 177 storage tank may cause an explosion. “Their is always a concern about the possibility of an ex- plosion,” he said. “If not through the bubbling and burping of this hydrogen, then what if there was an earthquake. “I don’t want to exagger- ate, but you have to be pre- pared for a worst-case sce- nario.” : Kristiansen, who toure’ the site with three other MPs, was part of the first Canadian delegation to inspect Han- ford. Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy was supposed to join the group, but a lack of gov- ernment funding prevented him from attending. He said the visit is paying instant dividends. Since Kris- tiansen’s tour, officials from the federal government have agreed to make a similar trip to Hanford. “We seem to have accom- plished something already,” he said. “We have got the fed- eral government.involved and that is what we really want- ed. We have to learn from Hanford. We have to know ex- ‘actly what the risks are to us.” for everyone! There's something 365-7266 | ; FIGHT ce POLLUTION Fay ti Lung Association Green plan leaves city in the dumps Mi Recycling Advisory Committee wants John Cashore to pay for progress Glen Freeman’ NEWS REPORTER British Columbia is a green province. And Environment Minister John Cashore wants to keep it that way. Cashore outlined several programs Monday which he feels will secure B.C.’s place on the cutting edge of environmental protection. Cashore’s first proposal is an oil recycling program. ee eno As of Sept. 1, all retailers of lubricating oil will be required to accept used oil back from their customers. “These are good-news announcements,” said B.C.’s Manager of Municipal Waste David Brown.,“Mr. Cashore has proven that B.C. is serious|about the environment, and I’m sure inces will follow our lead.” But Cashore’s measures aren’t serious enough for some people. “The oil recycling program is a good start,” said Catherine Stewart, Regional Campaign Director of Greenpeace, “but his green shopper program is vague at best.” The green shopper program is Cashore’s pro- posal to work hand-in-hand with Canada Safe- way and Overwaitea Foods to reduce the amount of packaging going into landfills by 50 per cent by the year 2000. “That proposal has not gone anywhere near far enough,” said Stewart. “Cashore is in a po- sition to legislate packaging laws, but instead he is just encouraging big business to co-oper-: ate. I think history has shown us that isn’t go- ing to work.” Castlegar’s Citizens Recycling Committee member Alice Maloff agrees, and adds that Castlegar may never see see any of Cashore’s proposals come to fruition. “There are already programs like these in place in the large cities,” Maloff said, “but Castlegar has very little in the way of recycling programs. “I would like to see Cashore put his money where his mouth is and get these pro- grams running right here in rural B.C.” Brown insists concerns are unfounded. “These policies have been years in the mak- _ing,” said Brown. “We are dedicated to keeping all of B.C. green.” F *90 DODGE RAM 150 PICKUP 4x4 318 V-8, P.S., P.B., AWFM Radio, Auto., Blue "89 CHEV.S10 TAHOE EXTRA CAB 4.3L, V-6, Auto., A/C, Radio/Cass., boxliner, repo, red $1 2,995 "89: DODGE W250 4x4 V-B, 4-Speed, 48,000 km., clean repo. «......0.:0- $11,995 "89 CHEV SPRINT 4-Door, 3-Cyl., 5-Speed Standard, Red *89 DODGE ARIES K : 4-Cyl., P.S., P.B., Auto., A/C, Tilt, Cruise, Power Door Locks, AM/FM Cass., Dark Blue Metallic "89 DODGE ARIES K : 4-Cyl., Auto., P.S., P.B., AM/FM Cass., A/C, Light Blue. 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At a Castlegar and Dis- trict Cham- ber of Com- merce lun- cheon ‘Wednesday, Metge urged local businesses view recreation- al and other events as their vehicle to profit. “The criticism of recre- ation is that it drains tax dol- lars and citizens get nothing in return,” Metge said. “In Castlegar, we can proudly say that recreation gives something back.” Adopting a 1985 report which studied the impact of recreational activities on Revelstoke’s economy to Castlegar, Metge said con- ventions, softball, swim and hockey tournaments provide 14,936 visitor days in the city. In turn, those visitors spend, on average, $55 a day. He said multiplying the effect of Pat Metge on pads ockets the tourist dollar, coupled with Complex revenues, gen- erates $3.5 million to the lo- cal economy. In addition, Metge said events like golf tournaments, and the trade fair only en- hance the local economy that much more. ““Recreation is. a major player in tourism in Castle- gar,” he said. He said local businesses should jump on the recre- ation bandwagon, much like they do in Spokane. “We have to give Ameri- cans credit,” he said, “they know how to target their market. That’s not some- thing that we do enough of.” Metge said Spokane mer- chants roll out the red carpet for Canuck bucks, posting Welcome Canadians signs in store fronts. He said local merchants could turn the table on their southern neighbors, posting their own signs to attract American dollars. “Some businesses see the recreation that is there and try to tie into it, but, on the whole, not enough do this.” Metge said the chamber could help play a role in pro- moting local recreational events to merchants to en- sure Castlegar takes advan- tage of waiting dollars. 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