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Canada asks chemical plants to check pollution after leaks hit Indigenous community
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-asks-chemical-plants-check-pollution-after-leaks-hit-indigenous-community-2024-05-17/Canada asks chemical plants to check pollution after leaks hit Indigenous community
By Saadeq Ahmed
May 17, 2024 5:13 PM EDT Updated an hour ago
TORONTO, May 17 (Reuters) - Canada on Friday ordered some petrochemical plants in Ontario to take strict measures to control pollution from cancer-causing chemical benzene after release from a facility forced a First Nation community to declare a state of emergency.
Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault issued the order to the petrochemical industry in Sarnia, Ontario, a city less than 300 km (186 miles) west of Toronto.
Last month, Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to a chemical release from German company INEOS Styrolution's (STYE.NS), opens new tab plastic manufacturing plant, which resulted in at least 10 people visiting the hospital.
The order will require some petrochemical production facilities to implement vapor-control measures, specifically, those that have fenceline concentrations of benzene above 29 micrograms per cubic metre in any of the two-week sampling periods ranging from March 1, 2023, to Feb. 29, 2024.
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By Saadeq Ahmed
May 17, 2024 5:13 PM EDT Updated an hour ago
TORONTO, May 17 (Reuters) - Canada on Friday ordered some petrochemical plants in Ontario to take strict measures to control pollution from cancer-causing chemical benzene after release from a facility forced a First Nation community to declare a state of emergency.
Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault issued the order to the petrochemical industry in Sarnia, Ontario, a city less than 300 km (186 miles) west of Toronto.
Last month, Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to a chemical release from German company INEOS Styrolution's (STYE.NS), opens new tab plastic manufacturing plant, which resulted in at least 10 people visiting the hospital.
The order will require some petrochemical production facilities to implement vapor-control measures, specifically, those that have fenceline concentrations of benzene above 29 micrograms per cubic metre in any of the two-week sampling periods ranging from March 1, 2023, to Feb. 29, 2024.
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