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New Brunswick Government officials now admit that there is a possibility that ground contamination with lead and other heavy metals did result from a local lead smelter and is a cause of residents' health problems. 
 
The Canadian provincial government had been accused of a coverup when they denied the association. 
 
They now say they will study the high rates of cancer in the town of Belledune and will consider lead contamination as a possible source.

Cancer study won't ignore lead smelter

CBC New Brunswick - 6/16/2006 7:38 AM

Heavy-metal contamination can't be ruled out as the cause of high cancer rates in the Belledune area, New Brunswick officials admitted Thursday.
 
Responding to a report that suggests provincial officials covered up concerns about Noranda's lead smelter in Belledune, provincial officials said on Thursday they won't discount the possible health effects of contamination in the northeastern Ne
 
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