Dear Editor
The irony of it all! We live in a time when bike riders must wear helmets to prevent possible injury.
We vaccinate people to prevent possible disease. People are advised of foods to eat and medications to use to prevent disease.
We buy insurance to mitigate possible damage to ourselves, our homes and property.
Yet very few people consider the possible dangers of what Kinder Morgan wants to do to our lands, waterways and the air we breathe with their tankers and pipelines.
Every year 483 tankers, laden with diluted bitumen (dil-bit), will be navigating Burrard Inlet, a potentially hazardous waterway, and the Salish Sea.
In the event of a spill or rupture on land or in the inlet or sea, hexane, benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene and hydrogen sulfide gases will be released into the atmosphere.
Apparently governments would rather take a chance with big oil than prevent possible death and destruction.
These same governments, who want to protect people from disease and death, seem to have no regard for all living things on the land, in the ocean and in the air. One spill, one pipeline rupture, one spark, one boil-over will put all at risk.
Should we not seriously consider the proposed Kinder Morgan expansion and the possible health and environmental risks in our backyard and say NO!?
Ann Mayo, Burnaby
