"Science is clear," says Quebec Medical College. “We need to take immediate steps to ensure better air quality.”
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La Presse Canadienne
StéphaneBlais
Publicly signed by about 50 medical professionals After the letter, Quebec's office of Prime Minister Francoirgo said on Monday that Hornfoundry must reduce arsenic emissions to protect the health of the people living in Luine Nolanda.
In an email sent to Presse Canadienne, Prime Minister's press Ewan Sauves said the government did not rule out scenarios for dealing with the situation. rice field.
Sauves states that arsenic concentrations in foundries have already declined under the Coalition Avenir Québec government, from over 200 nanograms per cubic meter in 2018 to 87 last year. I did.
"But let's be clear, it's still too expensive," Saubes wrote. "Horn Foundry needs to reduce arsenic emissions, which is not surprising."
Sauves said Environment Minister Benoit Charette is renewing the foundry certification. Recertification involves further reductions in emissions. "
In a tweet posted Monday morning, the group stated that the health of the people living in Luine Nolanda was "top priority".
"Science is clear," the doctor added. “We need to take immediate steps to ensure better air quality.”
Association québécoise des médecins pourl’ environnement (AQME) upheld Monday's request from the university.
"Every citizen has the right to live in a healthy environment," President Claudel Pétrin-Desrosiers wrote on Twitter. "Environmental inequality that harms people's health is unacceptable."
On Sunday, family doctor Marie Pierre Remu was signed by about 50 colleagues in the Abitibi Themiscumming area. In a letter, he reminded the Prime Minister that arsenic is a carcinogen and called on the government to act as soon as possible.
"The standard of 3 ng per cubic meter established by the Ministry of the Environment of Quebec is considered health negligible. At 15 ng, some neurocognitive effects on children It is explained in the study of "."
The Horn Foundry has been in operation since 1927. Still, it can release 100 ng of arsenic per cubic meter, which is 33 times the state-determined tolerance threshold. In a recent reportof
, Radio-Canada, in July 2019, Horacio Arruda, Director of Public Health in Quebec, details how Rouyn It was revealed that the annex, which detailed what was explained in, was removed from the report of the local health authorities. -Nolanda showed a higher incidence of lung cancer than state standards and found that arsenic contamination was an exacerbating factor.
According to the minutes of the meeting held after the report was submitted, Aruda withdrew the annex after meeting with the foundry manager. Since then, Aruda has stated that there is nothing suspicious about his decision
The Lego government says that the decision is only Aruda, what is the removal of the annex? Insisted that there was no relationship.
Dr. Luc Boarrow, the current director of public health in Quebec, will visit Luine Nolanda this week. A report on this issue by the Institut National desanté publique du Québec is also planned in the coming days.
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