[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, GLOBAL: TCE at Canadian Forces Valcartier Base, Quebec

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

After decades of legal battles, residents of Shannon, Que., set to be compensated for contaminated water
Citizens’ committee welcomes closure but says the compensation is not enough 

By Spencer Van Dyk 
Canadian Broadcasting Company News
July 15, 2021

Stephan Gurgurewicz, a self-described army brat who grew up at the Canadian Forces Valcartier Base, says he's glad to have some form of closure. 

His father was stationed at the base near Quebec City from 1976 until his retirement in 1980, when the family moved to the neighbouring town of Shannon. 

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In 1997, it was discovered that trichloroethylene (TCE), which is commonly used as a degreasing agent and is considered a carcinogen, had been leaching into the water system for decades at the Valcartier base. 

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For the entire story, see
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/shannon-tainted-water-settlement-1.6102761

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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