http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/10/whistleblower-feeling-the-heat/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/10/whistleblower-feeling-the-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-54482 Timothy Edward Fleenary Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:13:40 +0000 http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/?p=337#comment-54482 I have lived in Michigan for the past 48 years, and fished the Great Lakes and the Detroit River in particular for at least 40. I can tell you with absolute certainty that Industrial Pollution on the Detroit River between Lake Sinclair and Erie has been increasingly bad over the time since Severstall took over operations of Rough Steel, and they have impacted in an almost crippling manner. Clearly it is an international problem and companies on the Canadian side are equally to blame for the massive damage done to the ecosystem, we have experienced about a half dozen massive fish die offs in recent years, but the most serious concern is potential contamination of drinking water for the Metro Detroit area. I am certain, without a doubt, and without ever seeing any CDC report of any long term study, that industrial pollution has increased dramatically in the past decade, and have put the time on the water over the past three and a half decades to know what I say is true. Mr. DeRosa is going public with a problem us River Rats have known about since it started. I can only hope the result is positive and the powers that be take the steps necessary to correct the problem. I have lived in Michigan for the past 48 years, and fished the Great Lakes and the Detroit River in particular for at least 40. I can tell you with absolute certainty that Industrial Pollution on the Detroit River between Lake Sinclair and Erie has been increasingly bad over the time since Severstall took over operations of Rough Steel, and they have impacted in an almost crippling manner. Clearly it is an international problem and companies on the Canadian side are equally to blame for the massive damage done to the ecosystem, we have experienced about a half dozen massive fish die offs in recent years, but the most serious concern is potential contamination of drinking water for the Metro Detroit area. I am certain, without a doubt, and without ever seeing any CDC report of any long term study, that industrial pollution has increased dramatically in the past decade, and have put the time on the water over the past three and a half decades to know what I say is true. Mr. DeRosa is going public with a problem us River Rats have known about since it started. I can only hope the result is positive and the powers that be take the steps necessary to correct the problem.

]]>