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Déposant : John Newcomb
Communauté : Victoria
Déposé le : Novembre 11, 2010
Résumé :
Don MacDonald, le chercheur nommé par la Commission pour mener une étude sur les effets des contaminants sur le saumon rouge du fleuve Fraser, codirige la Sustainable Fisheries Foundation. Je crains que la participation de M. MacDonald à cette organisation ainsi que ses recherches antérieures ne nuisent à sa capacité de tirer des conclusions impartiales sur les conséquences des eaux usées sur la santé du saumon. La Commission devrait veiller à ce que tout lien établi entre les eaux usées et la santé du saumon soit fondé sur une preuve solide, et que les conclusions de l’étude de M. MacDonald soient évaluées par des pairs avant leur publication et leur distribution.
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Représentations :
Don McDonald is the researcher charged
with Project 2 – Effects of contaminants on Fraser River sockeye salmon.
I am aware that the conclusions from the MacDonald and Smorong 2006 report were Environment Minister Penner's rationale for pushing the CRD into unnecessary sewage treatment.
I do not think that conclusions from the MacDonald and Smorong report could justify additional land-based sewage treatment in the CRD.
MacDonald's biography on the Cohen Commission website does not include his co-directorship of the Sustainable Fisheries Foundation - and advocacy organization, and I am concerned that his MacDonald's advocacy may impair his ability to make impartial, sound conclusions about the evidence that may be presented to him concerning impacts of sewage on salmon health.
(http://www.sustainablefisheriesfoundation.org/who-we-are/directors/)
The route for many Fraser River salmon goes right through our Juan de Fuca marine area near the outfalls, and an important report on CRD sewage issues, the SETAC report 2006, noted that research is lacking on impacts of CRD sewage on salmon.
COHEN COMMISSION:
PLEASE ENSURE THAT ANY LINKS MADE BETWEEN SEWAGE AND SALMON HEALTH BE BASED ON SOUND EVIDENCE, AND THAT ANY CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM PROJECT 2 BE PEER-REVIEWED BEFORE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION.
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