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ESR SOCIAL SCIENTIST VIRGINIA BAKERS SEPTEMBER 2005 PRESENTATION TO THE MASSEY

UNIVERSITY DIOXIN SYMPOSIUM. THE NEW PLYMOUTH LOCAL AUTHORITYS AND DIOXIN.

IN THE LATE 1990S GARY BEDFORD FROM THE TRC DISMISSED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ELEVATED

2,3,7,8-TCDD IN MT MOTUROA SOIL THAT WAS EVIDENCE OF VERY LARGE AIRBORNE RELEASES.

IN 2002 THE TRC CEO AGAIN DISMISSED SOIL RESIDUES LEFT BY HISTORIC AIRBORNE RELEASES.

IN 2000 AND 2001 GARY BEDFORD AND TRC OFFICIALS DISMISSED DIRECT EXPOSURES OF 1960S

AND EARLY 1970S PARITUTU RESIDENTS AND BACK BEACH VISITORS AS WELL AS EXPOSURE FROM

CHEMICAL WASTE AT THE IWD SITE AND MARFELL COUNCIL TIP AND DOWNSTREAM KAI MOANA

[FISH] EXPOSURES WITH THE TRC REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS FROM 2001 RESIDUES.

THE TRC MADE NO EFFORT TO REDUCE GRAZING ON THE NGAHORO DUMP SITE WHERE TCDD

RESIDUES IN SOIL IN 2001 WERE 33 TIMES THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURAL SOIL GUIDELINE.

THE 2001 TRC REPORT FAILED TO IDENTIFY A DAILY IWD WASTE STREAM OF SEVERAL HUNDRED

TONNES OF LIQUID WASTES CENTRIFUGED OFF AS PART OF IWD AGRICHEMICAL MANUFACTURE.

AFTER THAT THE TRC ENVIRONMENT QUALITY DIRECTOR ADMITTED INFLATING CALCULATED

BACKYARD BURNING DIOXIN RELEASES SEVEN FOLD TO JUSTIFY BANNING BACKYARD BURNING.

TARANAKI DAILY NEWS 4.3.2011A WEEKS WORTH OF HOUSEHOLD RUBBISH BURNING IN A

BACKYARD IS MORE TOXIC THAN A YEARS WORTH OF SMOKE FROM THE DOW AGROSCIENCES

INCINERATOR. GARY BEDFORD TOLD CONCILLORS

THE SEVERITY OF THE DIOXIN EMISSIONS WAS A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YET IN THE LATE 1990S, 2001 AND 2002 THE TRC DISMISSED SOIL TESTS AS HIGH AS VIETNAM