Log Cabin...not that I know of (most of the world's maple syrup comes from Quebec, which means you should worry about pulp and paper mill chemicals in your syrup).
This, as of yet un-named, town has an annual one day maple syrup festival that draws in excess of 60,000 people (the town has maybe 10,000 people, tops). That's where most of the syrup gets sold. Well, there and the local farmers markets and tourist traps and maybe a few other places.
As for some of the side effects of toluene...some of the locals have experienced health problems, and a whole heard of cattle died from drinking creek water in the sixties.
It's an ongoing saga with Cr...oops...I almost started a libel suit.... It's been an ongoing saga with this chemical company and the locals and the Ministry of the Environment. Complaints, monitoring, fines, spills, more fines, fumes and odors, more monitoring, court, more fines...etc.
The company makes too much money on this plant to close it. They can't move it anywhere because no one else wants it or would even allow it. The plant is old with limited possibilities to upgrade. There may also be legal limits to what they can do to improve the sight (if they demolish the old building to build a new one, they may lose their grandfathering rights for producing certain chemicals).
Another issue is that this plant is one of the largest employers in town. Closing it down would put a lot of people out of work. From my understanding, this plant is a keystone for North American industry. If it closes, changes will have to be made in production processes at companies that produce fertilizer, tires, cars, and who knows how many other things. Even children's toys from what I've read. No one else makes these chemicals. No one else would be allowed to make these chemicals.
So it all boils down to money. Meanwhile, everyone in town turns into mutants.:alien:
Todd Caslick