E-M:/ Aamjiwnaang test finds high levels of hazardous chemicals

[Kay Cumbow <kcumbow@greatlakes.net>]

[AAmjiwnaang sits adjacent to Chemical Valley, by Sarnia, Ontario
directly across from Port Huron, both on the St. Clair River. Thanks to
Marilyn Holmes for sending notice of this article. -Kay Cumbow] 

http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=908514
[From the Sarnia Observer, Sarnia, Ontario]

Localized study is complete

Aamjiwnaang test finds high levels of hazardous chemicals

Posted 2 hours ago

By JACK POIRIER 

The Observer 

Snip: "The test sample found high levels of the toxic chemicals
benzene, chloromethane, chlorobenzene, ethylbenzene and isoprene."

Snip: "The community of about 900 residents is bordered on three
sides by Chemical Valley industry. In all, there are 62 industrial
facilities located within 25 kilometres of the reserve."

"Aamjiwnaang gained international attention in 2004 after health
surveys discovered that female births outnumbered males by a two-to-one
ratio. Some health experts linked the skewed ratio to gender-bending
chemicals."