ARESST: Dr. Shaun Peck, M.D., Public Health Officer

The Association for Responsible and Environmentally Sustainable Sewage Treatment presents a series of brief talks by professional speakers, each of whom has direct work-related experience with the sewage treatment issue.

These people include medical health officers, oceanographers, engineers, biologists, and politicians, all of whom are expert regarding the scientific and political issues underlying this controversy.

Dr. Shaun Peck, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health for the Capital Regional District, Victoria, B.C., 1989-1995; Deputy Provincial Health Officer (B.C.), 1995-2004; Public Health Consultant, 2004 to present.

Dr. Peck has been following Victorias sewage treatment issues since he was appointed Medical Officer of Health for the Capital Regional District in 1989. In 1992 he wrote an article published in the Victoria Times Colonist reviewing the evidence for and against the need for increased treatment at Victorias two deep sea outfalls. Later that year, following the provision of a great deal of public information by the CRD, there was a referendum in which Greater Victorians voted against increased land based sewage treatment. In 2006 he became involved in Responsible Sewage Treatment Victoria, http://www.rstv.ca.

Dr. Peck has recently stated, "There are currently no measurable public health risks from the two deep sea outfalls."

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[jogferjohn]

Thanks Dr. Peck!

Victoria does NOT need more land-based sewage treatment plants, because our current, marine-based sewage treatment system, together with source controls, works very well.

Our system benefits both our land and our marine environment, unlike a land-based system which will not make any positive difference to our marine environment but will create thousands of tons of sewage sludge and greenhouse gases.

For more information, go to arrest.ca and rstv.ca