Archive for November 2008
Politician says he’s losing sleep over arsenic contamination in Blackville
A New Brunswick cabinet minister says he’s losing sleep over reports that four residents in his district are suffering from arsenic contamination and the source has yet to be found. Human Resources Minister Rick Brewer, the member for Southwest-Miramichi, says he’s worried for the residents of Blackville, which is about 130 kilometres northeast of Fredericton.…
Read MoreBlood tests reveal higher-than-normal arsenic levels in some in Blackville
Health officials in New Brunswick are trying to determine why four people in a small community in the Miramichi area have higher than normal levels of arsenic in their blood. Some residents in Blackville, a community of about 900, are being offered free water testing as a precaution. Denis Allard, the regional medical officer of…
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