<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93276">The Region notes graveyards as a risk to source water protection. It is on the list of prohibited activities within the new ESA policies. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93276"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93276" dir="ltr">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. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93276" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93276" dir="ltr">If some disaster compromised our water supply or the power running the system, those are some the risks we face. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93276"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93276" dir="ltr">Lulu </div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93280"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93279"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93278"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93277"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93399"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Daphne Nichollls <gordanddaph@sympatico.ca><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> GREN <all@gren.ca> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 6, 2015 10:13 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [All] Urban death project<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93398"><br><br><br>> 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!<br><br>> 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.<br>> <br>> Daphne<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/popup/audio/player.html?autoPlay=true&clipIds=2666291113" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430858734779_93600">http://www.cbc.ca/radio/popup/audio/player.html?autoPlay=true&clipIds=2666291113</a><br>> <br>> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>All mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:All@gren.ca" href="mailto:All@gren.ca">All@gren.ca</a><br><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca" target="_blank">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>