If we go through this discussion, we will probably come to a consensus that the idea of chasing down the last molecule, of working too hard at trying to find levels of quantification, is bogging us down, and that we need to streamline virtual elimination. I'm not clear on how the wording in the Stockholm Convention would transfer to CEPA, but we ought to make it clear in the act that we aren't worried about every last molecule. We're trying to move upstream.
We had discussions on what we were going to do about the stuff in the sediment. Virtual elimination doesn't mean cleaning the environment of everything. It means coming as close to zero discharge as we can. Let's move upstream. Let's get rid of the use in addition to the release of the substance, so that we don't have to worry about the amount coming out of the smokestack. We should use the substitution principle. This way, whenever we get rid of the use of something and replace it with something else that's economically feasible, we don't have to worry anymore about trying to measure the exact quantities of the substance.