APTN News
The ministers of Environment from Alberta and Ontario are asking the federal government to “refrain” from reintroducing legislation that would mandate Canada to provide safe drinking water to First Nations across the country. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.
CBC
An environmental group says not enough testing is being done to determine the extent of contamination from so-called “forever chemicals,” especially in the North. CBC News recently published an interactive map showing some PFAS “hotspots” across Canada, based on data from the federal government’s inventory of contaminated sites. But Cassie Barker, senior program manager at the Toronto-based advocacy group Environmental Defence, said it doesn’t show the entire picture. Click here to read the story.
Reuters
Low water levels after a drought and heatwave are stopping cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine river in Germany despite rain this week, commodity traders said on Friday.” Low water is hampering shipping on all of the river south of Duisburg and Cologne, including the chokepoint of Kaub, traders said. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Drought.
CBC
An unhealthy municipal water system in the Bell Island community of Wabana is slowly being rid of contaminants like arsenic, manganese and iron, with 150 households being removed this week from a quarter-century-old boil order. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.
Groundwater
Further testing has confirmed high levels of lead remain in the water at a local high school. It’s reported more work is to be done to learn the origin of the high lead levels. The school’s water system will remain shut down until all steps have been completed. Random sampling showed some test locations had lead levels upwards of four times higher than Health Canada recommendations. Click here to read the story. Click the following link for more information on Infrastructure.
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