<p dir="ltr">Well, here's the reply from Lystek's PR department, about my inquiry on contaminants in biosolids used on farmers' fields.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Eleanor</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Kevin Litwiller" <<a href="mailto:kevinl@lystek.com">kevinl@lystek.com</a>><br>Date: Aug 22, 2013 9:51 PM<br>Subject: Your inquiry about Lystek<br>
To: <<a href="mailto:eleanor7000@gmail.com">eleanor7000@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: "Mosher, Rick" <<a href="mailto:rmosher@lystek.com">rmosher@lystek.com</a>>, "Opward" <<a href="mailto:opward@uwaterloo.ca">opward@uwaterloo.ca</a>><br>
<br type="attribution"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Eleanor,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your inquiry. My name is Kevin Litwiller and, as the public liaison officer for Lystek your questions have been passed on for follow up. Mr. Mosher is actually now out of the country on vacation for a period of time anyway and we would not want you to have to wait for an extended period of time to discuss your concerns. The great news is that this is, of course, not the first time this type of question has been asked and some of the leading subject matter experts are found right here in our own backyard. More about that when we connect.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Before we connect, I do need to clarify a few points with you right away though:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u><span>a)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u> First and foremost, Lystek is an award-winning company whose patented and proven technology does <b><u>not</u></b> turn municipal biosolids and/or other, non-hazardous organic materials into “liquid sludge”. Rather, our founders, who are world-renowned microbiologists and environmental engineers, have developed, tested and implemented scientifically advanced technology that converts these valuable resources into a CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) registered, liquid fertilizer product called LysteGro. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>b)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Secondly, our process and end product have undergone rigorous analysis and testing since the day our company was founded over a dozen years ago and we have been scrutinized by all levels of government from Municipal, to Provincial to Federal. The net result of all this oversight is that we have been recognized by all regulatory agencies, such as the GRCA (Grand River Conservation Authority), MOE (Ministry of the Environment, OMAFRA (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) and other well-known and respected organizations such as the WEAO (Water Environment Association) as being the most advanced solution available today for the safe & sustainable treatment and conversion of biosolids and similar (non-hazardous) materials into agricultural fertilizer. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>c)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>We are the recipients of multiple awards, such as in 2005, from the National Research Council on Sustainability and twice from the Water Environment Association of Ontario, most recently in April of this year (see attached). I’m not sure if you are familiar with this association and their work. If not, here is a link to their web site where you will find a very good documentary regarding land application of (standard, not “Lystecized”) biosolids: <a href="http://www.weao.org/biosolids-video" target="_blank">http://www.weao.org/biosolids-video</a>. As you watch this video, please pay special attention to the information provided by the MOE and, in particular, Dr. Beverly Hale of the University of Guelph. This is very important because she has spent a good portion of her professional life looking at the very question you ask, and you must see her answer…not Lystek’s, hers.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Once you have reviewed the above information and the video, I would encourage you to give me a call for a more personal discussion. My contact information is below. Or, if you would prefer me to call you, I would be happy to do so. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kindest regards, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kevin Litwiller<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From: Eleanor Grant [mailto:<a href="mailto:eleanor7000@gmail.com" target="_blank">eleanor7000@gmail.com</a>] <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent: August-22-13 2:33 PM<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
To: Mosher, Rick<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Subject: Your biosolids proposal for Cambridge<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hello Mr Mosher - <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
I spoke to you briefly last week after your presentation to Waterloo Region's Planning and Works committee, on Lystek's proposal to turn biosolids into liquid sludge at the plant to be built in Cambridge.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It concerned me that the Councillors didn't question you about PHARMACEUTICALS in the wastewater: all the medications that have passed through the human body and end up in our waterways.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If these substances remain in the liquid sludge that you propose to market to farmers for use on their fields, what is the effect on crops? Does anybody even know?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Can they be filtered out - and if so how are they then disposed of?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any info you can provide.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Eleanor Grant<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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