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From: <\/b><\/span>ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Subject: <\/b><\/span>EPISODE 210 GREAT LAKES POLLUTION<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>April 12, 2021 at 2:30:11 PM EDT
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To: <\/b><\/span>Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>, Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>, John Wardle <john.t.wardle@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>
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EPISODE 210    GREAT LAKES POLLUTION<\/font><\/p>\n

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RIVER ON FIRE<\/font><\/div>\n

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In 1952 the Cuyahoga River caught fire when a spark from a passing train dropped on to the water surface.   The result was  an immediate explosive fire  that was so<\/font><\/div>\n
high it almost engulfed a  tug boat.   The Cuyahoga River flows  through the centre of Cleveland, Ohio\u2026a  city that was  heavily industrialized…  spewing various pollutants<\/font><\/div>\n
including human sewage waste directly into the river.  Nobody cared really.  Even when the river caught fire because the water surface was covered with oil and  other flammable<\/font><\/div>\n
chemicals little was done to control the use of the river as a sewer taking the city waste directly into Lake Erie. <\/font><\/div>\n

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As far back as the 1880\u2019s the river was  a sewer.   \u201cThe river was yellowish , thick, full of clay, stoking of oil and <\/font><\/div>\n
sewage.  Piles of rotting woo were heaped on either bank of the river, and it was all dirty and neglected\u2026.I was disappointed by this  view of an American river,\u201d wrote Frantisek Vicek,  a recent<\/font><\/div>\n
Czech immigrant.   Cleveland was not alone.  The use of rivers as a sewage and  waste disposal mechanism  was true for all rivers and creeks  flowing from cities and towns  all around the Great Lakes.  Nor was the Cuyahoga River the only river that caught fire.  Pollution problem ho spots<\/font><\/div>\n
 included  Toronto.  Some places  were worse than others noted a few concerned organizations.  Of particular concern on he Canadian side were two \u2018hot spots\u2019\u2026Toronto Harbour and Hamilton <\/font><\/div>\n
Harbour.<\/font><\/div>\n

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