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From the Ottawa Citizen ...

A day in the life of Environment Canada’s PR department

Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Niagara River, with or without plutonium

Computers being the way they are, it had to happen: An Environment Canada media officer accidentally sent an internal memo to newspapers across the country.

Nothing really embarrassing popped out, but it’s a neat little summary of what the department does in a day (slightly edited here for length):

Dealt with:

Edmonton Journal is working on a story regarding the US Government considering extending by one month the daylight saving time period. We send him a link where there is information and a contact name for the National Research Council Canada.

Global National wanted to do an interview on the forecast around Canada. Referred to weather media phone line.

The Weather Channel wanted to have details about possible tornado in Saskatchewan. Referred to weather media phone line.

To follow up on:

Reporter from Fast-Forward magazine (Entertainment) in Calgary wants to know what is EC position with drilling in the Suffield National Wildlife Area. Deadline was yesterday but still waiting for Media Lines to be approved.

The Niagara Gazette (US newspaper) heard that there was plutonium in the Niagara River. The reporter said his source was not to reliable. We are trying to speak to our expert on this.

Dennis Bueckert wants to know if the Asian carp is already in the Great Lakes - Working with Ontario region and ECS to find spokesperson. Deadline next tomorrow.

Sébastien Bois

Senior Media Relations Officer

Environment Canada

That’s when the media guy thought "Oops" and sent a second note asking everyone to please kill the first message.

Reaction was pretty fast as a lot of reporters on the list hit the "Reply All" button.

From Brian McAndrew, a Toronto Star editor and long-time environment reporter there:

"I never even peeked at it. By the way, is the plutonium in the Niagara River harming the Asian carp in the Great Lakes?"

And Malcolm Curtis, Victoria Times-Colonist:

"Apart from the plutonium and the Asian carp, now I'm really curious to know about the drilling in Suffield National Wildlife area. Fast Forward’s deadline was yesterday, but perhaps the rest of us can catch up with the latest ‘media line’."

But the prize has to go to someone - her name now deleted and lost - at CanWest, who replied: "Now the carp is out of the bag."

Environment Canada’s e-mail system has been awfully quiet today.
© Ottawa Citizen 2005

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Subj:
Ottawa Citizen Plutonium in Niagara River, Niagara County USA 

Date:
6/27/2005 8:38:40 AM Eastern Standard Time


From:
NiagaraNet

To:
jorban@thecitizen.canwest.com

CC:
NiagaraNet, beseckera@gnnewspaper.com



To: Mr. James Orban, Publisher, Ottawa Citizen
Re: Plutonium story, please see attached

Dear Mr. Orban:

Good day to you Sir. I am sending some additional contact information should your reporter or news department wish to have the citations, documentation or to just speak with me regarding the locations that Plutonium has been found near to and in the Niagara River and Lake Ontario.

I do understand that the Plutonium being in the Great Lakes water is a serious and controversial subject. I would only like the opportunity to supply needed documents to avoid potentailly being called "not to reliable" again in the future. As stated in the news report, my information has been evaluated by two of the planet's leading experts on health, the environment and toxicology. Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Ph.D., G.N.S.H. and, by Dr. Janette D. Sherman, M.D. Other commentary is available.

I thank you for your time Mr. Orban.
Sincerely,
Louis Ricciuti

Subj: Plutonium in Niagara RIver from old ordnance site
Date: 6/27/2005 8:22:27 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: NiagaraNet
To: rkwarner@thecitizen.canwest.com, letters@thecitizen.canwest.com
CC: NiagaraNet, beseckera@gnnewspaper.com, dialog1340@msn.com

Hello Ottawa Citizen:  (Mr. Tom Spears)

I am the "not to (sic) reliable" source for the U.S. news report (Niagara Gazette) regarding Plutonium being in the waters around Niagara Falls, NY, Niagara County, at the mouth of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario.

If you contact me, I'd be happy to share all of my sources--including several Ph.D.'s, a medical doctor and some other folks. I also have the official Environment Canada documents that were first used to track this historic Plutonium in my local environment. The Plutonium waste is from the Human Radiation Experiments (HREX) conducted on unwitting patients in Rochester, New York, and was written about in Eileen Welsome's 1999 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Plutonium Files. Other Plutonium and fission materials have also been found and documented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--Buffalo District. Please call them to ask if Plutonium has in fact been found buried direct to soils in this location by the lake.

The presence of this Plutonium, so close to the lake, was not known or verified until last June 2004. When it was documented that Pu was present in the soil by the U.S. Army, the connection to the same isotopes as found in the EC report in the water was made.

I stand by my research, associates, data and documentation. I doubt that the local reporter made the comment as is suggested in the article about Environment Canada on your Web site. Someone didn't do their homework--as this issue is very well documented.

I have copied the reporter from the Niagara Gazette daily newspaper, Mr. Aaron Besecker.

Thanks and Sincerely,


Louis Ricciuti, researcher
Niagara - Lewiston, New York,  USA
"Los Alamos East"
Email.: Niagaranet@aol.com
Telephone.: xxxxxxxxxx


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Thank you!  OTTAWA CITIZEN
Your letter will be read by an editor and considered for publication in the newspaper.
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Subj: canada.com Story
Date: 6/27/2005 8:15:02 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: niagaranet@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)

Dear niagaranet@aol.com, beseckera@gnnewspaper.com,
Your friend niagaranet@aol.com thought you might be interested in this canada.com story:

"A day in the life of Environment Canada?s PR department"

http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/blog/story.html?id=a9411da9-e03e-4f00-b05a-92f95b521971

"Not to reliable"
Aaron, Let's get this straightened out, eh? A little email to Ottawa Citizen and then cc me please. This is the publishers email address.



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