lead-contamination

• Montreal to distribute 15,000 water filters to vulnerable residents with lead pipes

  The city encourages affected low-income residents, residents with children under five years old and pregnant women to get in contact with 311 to place their order.

  Health

  Jun 10, 2020
• Tainted water series from Global News, media consortium wins Canadian Association of Journalists award

  Tainted Water received the CAJ award for data journalism during a ceremony hosted via Zoom Saturday.

  Canada

  May 30, 2020
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• McNeil calls lead investigation ‘concerning’ but defers commitment to act

  Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says an investigation's finding of widespread lead exposure risk in the province is "concerning," but he's deferring commitments to act.

  Health

  Nov 7, 2019
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• The cost of replacing lead service lines for residents in Regina, Moose Jaw and Saskatoon

  How much it could cost residents to replace their portion of lead service lines in Moose Jaw, Saskatoon and Regina?

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2019
• N.S. Opposition demands action after investigation finds widespread risk of lead exposure

  Opposition leaders in Nova Scotia are calling for the government to take swift action to mitigate the risk of lead in well water across the province.

  Investigations

  Nov 5, 2019
• Drinking water at thousands of Ontario schools, daycares have dangerous lead levels

  More than 2,400 Ontario schools and daycares exceeded the current federal guideline for lead in drinking water in the past two years.

  Investigations

  Nov 5, 2019
• Edmonton residents exposed to high lead levels in water over last decade, investigation finds

  Lead test data obtained from EPCOR, Edmonton’s private water utility, reveals lead levels in Edmonton houses exceeding the current federal safety guideline every year since 2008.

  Investigations

  Nov 4, 2019
• Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante will require households to replace lead water pipes

  In a joint interview with Global News and Le Devoir, Plante said her administration plans to aggressively test the drinking water in more than 100,000 homes over the next three years for lead.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2019
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• Investigation reveals dangerous lead levels in some Quebec drinking water

  Quebec is the only province to flush the water out of taps for five minutes before taking a sample. This winds up producing a measurement that reduces the amount of lead in samples and fails to reflect the resident’s exposure to lead, the experts said.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2019
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• Target, Walmart named in U.S. lawsuit over lead contamination in toys

  New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood says the lawsuit filed in an Albany court Thursday names Walmart, Target and Randolph, New Jersey-based LaRose Industries, importer of the “Cra-Z-Jewelz” jewelry-making kits that were recalled in 2016.

  World

  Dec 13, 2018