| CHRIS CAHNOVSKY is an enforcement manager | | | | He once managed a toxic chemical spill from a |
| for the Illinois Environmental Proection Agency. | | | | derailed freight train in Tamaroa. |
| The protection of the land - nine counties of it in | | | | And there’s a hideous problem on |
| the state of Illinois – has kept Chris | | | | Cahnovsky’s patch: petroleum vapour from |
| Cahnovsky busy for 15 years. | | | | the big refineries seeps right into occupied homes |
| In that time he’s been shot at with a nail gun. | | | | in Hartford, especially after heavy rain. The Illinois |
| He’s been driven at. He’s dealt with the | | | | Attorney General’s office has filed lawsuits - |
| ‘garbage’ left behind after illegal drugs | | | | for groundwater contamination and vapour |
| labs have been shut down – | | | | intrusion. |
| ‘bazooka’, a form of methamphetamine, | | | | But ask Cahnovsky to pick a single worst |
| is the latest craze in poverty-stricken rural areas | | | | offender in his entire career, and the answer |
| of Illinois. He’s even known people who’d | | | | comes back immediately: 'Chemetco.' |
| rather litigate than pay a $100 fine. | | | | He calls the corporation ‘recalcitrant violators. |