Consent for Hydro Grand demolition
At last a resource consent has been granted for the derelict, disgraceful wreck of the Hydro Grand to be demolished.
The reason for withholding the date of demolition until the new building consent is issued for the new buildings and the finance and construction contracts are in place is hard to understand and seems unnecessary in my opinion.
This, of course, means that the new complex will be held up again for several months, if not years.
Other conditions imposed, such as the retention of some items of ‘‘high heritage’’ value having to be ‘‘removed, restored’’ and built into a ‘‘public aspect of the new development’’, seem to me to be absolutely stupid and unnecessary and are obviously included to appease the local Civic Trust and the Hysterical (sorry – Historical) Society members, some of whom would even wish for the building to be retained!
Congratulations to Allan Booth drinking water, we find it to be far less than 1 per cent of the contribution from heavy metals already naturally in the source water.
I explain this and show the calculations in my article ‘‘Chemophobia scaremongering: Much ado about absolutely nothing’’, which can be found on the Open Parachute blog.
Dr Ken Perrott Science Advisor, Making Sense of Fluoride, Inc.
Hamilton for his foresight, his understanding and his obvious patience, while all these unnecessary restrictions and have the health authorities advised all ratepayers to let the first couple of cups of water in the morning go down the plughole, to avoid the buildup of lead leached into the water overnight from old pipes and fittings, plus copper residue from copper pipes.
This they state is a precaution to avoid taking these chemicals into our bodies for the health of the population as this, in their view, is a dangerous practice.
No water from tank water where the roof has been painted with a lead-based paint.
They also inform us no matter how little lead contamination is in that water it should definitely not be consumed.
NZ removed all lead from petrol, owing to the dangers of lead poisoning and the dangers of that lead to the community and people’s health, plus the damage to the environment.
I also question how safe C Price thinks lead is for the population.
He will remember that many countries have banned any objections are finalised. D H Darling Levels imports from China, India and [other] countries containing even small amounts of lead.
It is not even recommended to handle raw lead products in any form or eat food before thoroughly washing and drying your hands as even those small amounts of lead can enter the bodily system, thereby allowing dangerous toxins into the body.
I would also question the Government-based survey he quotes as it has many proven flaws contained within it.
The Government has lifted the allowable percentage contamination in our waterways to twice the amount to fit within their own guidelines to suit the farming sector for swimmable water.
I would ask C Price to consider these points before attacking people who have a different point of view to his own misleading ideas and in my view poorly researched information. Barry Stone
Timaru