harming his children.

The 28-year-old's concern follows a spate of complaints about smells coming from the dump.

Instead of improving, the smell just keeps getting worse, said Mr. DeSilva, who lives with his wife and two young daughters on Glebe Road.

The stench "drifts right along to the house, but I can't close the windows because of the heat'', he added.

And not only is the smell a problem, but so are flies.

Mr. DeSilva is worried about the effect flies may have on his children, a four-year-old and a two-week-old baby.

"You can't even open up your door before 10 to 20 flies come in,'' he said.

"Flies carry disease.'' But he added the smell was his main concern.

Shadow Health Minister and Pembroke East MP Mr. Nelson Bascome has also expressed concern that the smell may be a health risk.

He said the stench coming from the dump was so bad at times it caused people to "feel faint''.

Mr. DeSilva, who has lived in the area since April, claimed Government was not keeping its promises.

He said the smell was coming from an area meant for compost dumping only. But it was clear that trash was down there.

"As soon as it gets hot, the smell gets worse,'' he added. "Nothing is being done.'' Works and Engineering Minister the Hon. Ann Cartwright DeCouto said there was a shortage of material, such as rubble, to cover the garbage.

"(The situation) is not being neglected. It's being dealt with on a daily basis,'' Mrs. Cartwright DeCouto said. "The problem is the heat and the shortage of rubble.'' "At the present rate of the incinerator's construction, this should be the last summer this problem occurs,'' she added.

MASKING THE SMELL -- Mr. Darick DeSilva wears a gas mask to avoid the stench from Pembroke Dump.