tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post7902548510219138474..comments2024-03-29T02:27:35.932-07:00Comments on Shoreline Area News: Lake sediments safe in Kenmore area; public meeting set for July 11 on recent studiesCarl Dinsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741982015985286521noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post-55558558752718140912013-07-11T11:36:20.548-07:002013-07-11T11:36:20.548-07:00Activists, Park lovers and lake sports enthusiasts...Activists, Park lovers and lake sports enthusiasts,<br /><br />Two scientists well versed in Ecology procedures or scientific procedures for measuring dioxin contamination across space and time, and mapping to seek and inhibit the source, have for non profit, People for Environmentally Responsible Kenmore (PERK), at their president's request, reviewed Ecology's findings and strongly disagree that there are "findings" that can be scientifically drawn from the shallow, one time testing which tonight Ecology will present to the public at Kenmore City Hall, 18120 68th Ave NE, beginning at 5:30pm with an informal open house. I will summarize the well reasoned explanation of why Ecology cannot claim Kenmore's extraordinary dioxin poisoning, higher than the Duwamish Superfund Site, is okay to let lie and add a few additional facts; if you wish the entire letter with tables and charts, it is available tonight or you can email annhurst@msn.com for a copy. A presentation and question and answer session will begin at 7pm. Please come earlier to prepare for the hard questions. In January 2005, dioxin levels for Kenmore Navigation Channel were at 13.2 ppt.J, today, they are at 10.4 ppt. J, yet higher than Army Corps will allow to remain after dredging, Army Corps will require clean-up level to be .4 ppt.J. Duwamish Superfund is approx. 12.+ ppt. and being tested over time and space to prepare for clean-up -- I do not believe we are advised to swim there and cannot believe when the Log Boom swimming hole is adjacent and below Harbour Village Marina's zone of contamination of 70 ppt. that this contamination will not seep into the swimming hole, filled with children in the hotest months. etc., etc. Ecology claims that the contamination at the marinas is from a one time flood event of Stream #0056, yet the high sediment deposits from that stream overflowing occurred after January 2005, so where did the dioxin in the Kenmore Navigation Channel derive? And why is the zone of Harbour Village Marina that is closest to Kenmore's heavy industry the highest recorded in Kenmore at 92.+ ppt.? Ecology's answer has been not to worry, upland soils in heavily populated Seattle, are higher; Ecology tries to make us think that clean-up requirements for contamination under layers of landscaping and concrete are the same as for water sediments that are continually disturbed by heavy industry, continually dispersed.<br /><br />Best, Ann HurstAnn Hursthttp://basinnews.orgnoreply@blogger.com