[All] Urban death project

[Louisette Lanteigne]

The Region notes graveyards as a risk to source water protection. It is on the list of prohibited activities within the new ESA policies. 
Around our area we had historical outbreaks of cholera in 1854-1856 and there are unmarked graves throughout the Grand River watershed where bodies were buried. The enzymes can lay dormant for a long time in water supplies and can pose a risk to well systems that lack proper treatment.  Cholera, typhoid, dysentery and hepatitis were virtually eliminated when municipalities started treating water with chlorine. 
If some disaster compromised our water supply or the power running the system, those are some the risks we face. 
Lulu 
      From: Daphne Nichollls <gordanddaph at sympatico.ca>
 To: GREN <all at gren.ca> 
 Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 10:13 AM
 Subject: [All] Urban death project
   


> If you didn't catch this on The Current on Monday, it's a must listen. The idea of how our bodies are dealt with when we die is also an environmental issue. Some of the stats are horrendous!

> I wonder what is known about what happens to diseases and pharmaceuticals in any of the ways of dealing with bodies. I've asked The Current about this.
> 
> Daphne
> 
> http://www.cbc.ca/radio/popup/audio/player.html?autoPlay=true&clipIds=2666291113
> 
> 

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