June 5, 2013

CBC June 4, 2013 “These are nasty, toxic, cancer-causing chemicals,” said Inka Milewski, of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. The mill’s operating permit from the Department of Environment allows for 140 metric tonnes of formaldehyde emissions a year. That’s more than what was allowed for most of the time Weyerhaeuser was running the mill, […]

Kris McDavid, Miramichi Leader June 4, 2013 Miramichi resident Inka Milewski, a science adviser with the council, in a statement accused the provincial government of putting conditions in place under the mill’s mandatory approval to operate agreement, which dictates air quality requirements, that gives Arbec increased wiggle room to expel larger quantities of potentially harmful

Tracy Glynn, NB Media Co-op June 4, 2013 A call from a woman concerned about dark smoke billowing from a reopened mill in Miramichi prompted the Conservation Council’s Inka Milewski to investigate. She found that the province of New Brunswick had relaxed controls on emissions of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, cancer-causing pollutants, from the Arbec Mill.

Larry, Miramichi Online June 4, 2013 The Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CC) thinks Arbec is pumping too many carcinogens into the air, and that the province has sanctioned it. The CC says “According to Environment Canada’s national pollutant release inventory and Pollution Watch, prior to the facility closing and changing owners, the facility released the