General and Family Physician. Also with an interest in environmental issues: founding member of Pollution Probe (1968), 30 year member of Federation of Ontario Naturalists, active supporter of Great Lakes United, Canadian Institute of Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP), Work on Waste USA, and others.  Past Member of Quinte Watershed Cleanup, Inc, Belleville (1999-2001) Director of Eastern Lake Ontario Environmental Research Group, ERG 2000 (April 2001) Organizer (and publisher of "Proceedings of) an Inquiry into Waste Management Issues", sponsored by Belleville General Hospital Medical Staff, October 1989. Author of: "Fire on the Mountain: A Response to the West Lincoln Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Proposal by the Ontario Waste Management Corporation. Is it Safe? Is it Sensible?" November 1991. Presented to the Ontario Joint Board public hearings, Oakville, Ontario, July 1992. "Community Smoking, the Human Health Case against Incineration of Waste: Risk Assessment as Risk Denial, an evidence based Review of the medical literature" (September l997).  "Environmental Epidemiology of the Great Lakes Basin: Human Health Effects of Industrial Pollutants, Effluents, and Toxics", November l998, presented to Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Oakville, Ontario, Nov l998. "Environmental & Occupational Carcinogens: Should this issue be added to the mandate of the Prevention Unit of Cancer Care Ontario?" Presented to Cancer Care Ontario,Toronto, July 14,l999.  "Chemical Pollution and Human Health in the Bay of Quinte region", presented to Remedial Action Plan (RAP) Restoration Council, Belleville, November 9, 1999. Letters to medical journal editors, published: The Lancet, April 3, l999, "Pollution and Health"; Journal of the Canadian College of Family Physicians, October, 1998, "Endocrine Disrupters and the CPA"; Canadian Medical Association Journal, December 1998, "Cars vs bicycles"; Journal of the Canadian SOGC, July 1999, "Dioxins and premature ovarian failure"; CMA Journal, Nov 2, l999, "Toying with Titles"; CMA Journal, Nov 14, 2000, "A Burning Issue". Letters to newspapers, published: Globe and Mail, July 20, 1997; Community Press, August 1998; Hamilton Spectator, March 1999; Globe and Mail, August 4, l999; Community Press October 15, l999. Letter about East Liverpool, Ohio hazardous waste facility, written to the Governor of Ohio, published in Waste Not (publication of Work on Waste, U.S.A.),September 1997. Letter of support for (Connett)Appeal of Environmental Assessment Board decision, (Browes,Nov 1,99)to Lieutenant Governor or Ontario on application for permit by Material Resources Recovery SRBP Inc, Cornwall, Ontario. December 5, l999 Response to Cancer Care Ontario Strategic Plan Document, Nov 1999: "Pollution and Cancer, Stunning and Striking?" December 1999, with appended correnspondence with Dr. Ken Shumak, CEO, Cancer Care Ontario (second) letter of support for Connett (reply to MoE response to) Appeal of the Cornwall MRR decision, to Ontario Cabinet, March 2000 Letter to Dr. Ken Shumak, CEO, Cancer Care Ontario regarding letter from Dr. Lynn Noseworthy, MoH, Hastings Prince Edward (March 24, 2000) as she responds to the Health Canada Study on the Bay of Quinte Area of Concern (October 1999) , April 2, 2000 Letter to Hastings Medical Officer of Health about Meyer's Pier Risk Assessment findings, April 2000 Letter to Ken Shumak, CEO, Cancer Care Ontario, about May 2000 U of T seminar on Cancer Prevention in the 21st Century and Environmental Pollution, June 2000; reply from Dr. Shumak July 2000 Currently encouraging the Belleville General Hospital/Quinte Health Care Corporation to adopt more environmentally friendly methods of waste management (using the "Healthcare without Harm" model) and to stop the incineration of hospital waste by the year (2000) 3000. Letter to Bruce Laughton, CEO, Quinte Health Care Corp, on this matter, July 2000. Letter to CEO, QHC about pesticide applicaton on QHC property, Sept 2000.   (Second) letter of support for Connett appeal of Cornwall MRR decision, March 2000  Canadian Dioxin Inventory, January 1999, Summary  Community Smoking, the Human Health Case against Waste Incineration  Environmental Epidemiology of the Great Lakes, presentation to CAPE, November 1998  Fire on the Mountain: Response to 1991 OWMC Proposal  Letter to (and reply from) Ken Shumak about U of T May 2000 Seminar on Cancer Prevention in 21st Century, and Environmental Pollution; June/July2000  Letter to CEO, QHC on environmental issues, Sept 2000  Letter to CEO, Quinte Health Care Corp, on environmental issues, July 2000  Letter to CMA Journal, Dec 1998  Letter to CMA Journal, November 2, l999  Letter to CMAJ editor, November 14,2000  Letter to Community Press, August 1998  Letter to Community Press, October 15, 1999  Letter to Dr. Ken Shumak regarding Hastings-Prince Edward MoH letter of response to the Bay of Quinte Health Canada Study, April 2000  Letter to Elizabeth Witmer, re: Norampac waste treatment, August 2001  Letter to Globe & Mail, August 1999  Letter to Globe & Mail, July 1997  Letter to Hamilton Spectator, March 1999  Letter to Hastings Medical Officer of Health about Meyer's Pier Risk Assessment, April 2000  Letter to Journal Canadian SOGC, July 1999  Letter to Journal of CCFP, October 1998  Letter to Lieutenant Governor, Appeal of Cornwall EAB decision,Dec 99  Letter to the Governor of Ohio, September 1997  Letter to the Lancet, April 3, 1999  Powerpoint presentation to Cancer Care Ontario, July 1999  Powerpoint presentation: Cornwall Material Resources Recovery Certificate of Approval appeal, March 2000  Powerpoint presentation: Environmental Epidemiology of the Great Lakes, August 1999  Response to Cancer Care Ontario Strategic Plan Document (Nov 99): "Pollution and Cancer, Stunning and Striking?" December 1999  Eastern Lake Ontario Environment Research Group, ERG 2000 Title Page, Mission Statement, Dedication, Membership applications form  ELOERG Report Vol I , No1, Spring 2001   Letter to Minister of Environment, RE: Norampac Steam Reformer, August 2001   ELOERG Report, Vol I, No2, Autumn 2001   Nov 2001 Forum, Dealing With Waste In Quinte Letter of thanks to Elizabeth Witmer Reply from Minister of Environment, Jan 12 Letter to Minister of Env, Jan 21 Introductory Speech to Forum, Nov 28,2001   Invitation to MoE, Oct 20 2001   Letter to Belleville Intelligencer, August 2001   Letter to Editor, Globe and Mail, Nov 30, 2001  Letter to Minister of Environment, August 200  Letter to Minister of Environment, December 1, 2001   Press Release, October 28, 2001   Quinte Watershed Cleanup, site status reports For these reports please refer to : http://www.salu.net/gh   Bay of Quinte: Pollution and Health Effects, Dec 99  Deloro: Arsenic and the Moira River, Sept 99  Deseronto Coal Gasification Site, Sept 1999  Dombind use in Eastern Ontario, Sept 1999  GLHEP Bay of Quinte Health Effects Report, Oct 1999  Meyer's Pier Park, hazardous waste site, Oct 1999  Other Sites of interest, Bay of Quinte, Dec 99  Quinte Health Care Corp Waste Mgmt, Sept 1999  Richmond Landfill Site, Sept 1999  Zwick's Island, Creasy report summary, Oct 1999