Case 2006-184
I support the Peoria County Board's decision to deny PDC's request for a
permit to expand its' hazardous waste landfill
.
This toxic waste landfill sits over the aquifer which is Peoria area's main
water source and is upwind of the entire city .
Safe places and superior means of dealing with waste
must
be found .
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Insanity to bury hazardous waste over water supply
I have been following the issue of proposed
expansion of the Peoria Disposal Company's
hazardous waste landfill on the west edge of
Peoria, and attended PD C's presentation to
the Peoria City Council last November
This landfill is the worst thing I have seen
in my 90 years in this community. I say that -
without reservation
.
It is amazing that, in this era of space
technology we are building a mountain here
of a couple million tons of a huge assortment
of terribly toxic chemicals in the belief that
a plastic liner will forever prevent them from
leaking into the aquifer, from which over half
of the Peoria area's tap water is pumped.
PDC's toxic waste landfill sits right over that
precious groundwater supply Plastic breaks
and cracks with age and stress, and chemicals
can eat into and through it.
Moreover, it is the only hazardous waste land-
fill in Illinois and the greater part of the Mid-
west, and one of only a few in the nation . Many
of the most toxic chemicals are permitted to be
buried here, and 15 states send them here
The majority of these chemicals are vola-
tile, meaning they literally dissipate into the
air we breathe. Yet there is no air pollution
testing, and this factor is being ignored by
our government
If mankind keeps handling its waste
this wag we are going to go the way of the
dinosaurs . Of the billions we spend on space
programs, we must spend as much, indeed,
even far more on caring for and preserving
our space ship Earth. We have to find ways
to detoxify and recycle all such waste. It is
insanity
BILL RUTHERiORD SR.
FOREST PARK FOUNDATION
PEORIA HEIGHTS I
