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New Brunswick Government Accused of Lead Coverup

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The Canadian Province of New Brunswick has been accused of covering up the risk of lead, cadmium and arsenic contamination to a community near a lead smelter complex. 
 
An environmental group reports that the risk was apparent as far back as 1981 and has requested a public inquiry and compensation to residents. 
 
It is documented that residents of the town, Belledune, have higher than normal rates of cancer, other diseases and death, but officials deny that the smelter causes the problem. 
 

NB government hid lead contamination: council

Calgary Sun - 6/15/2006 1:33 PM

FREDERICTON (CP) - The New Brunswick government withheld information for decades about lead contamination and related health risks in a northern industrial community, an environmental group alleged in a new report Thursday.
 
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick claims the province had several warnings about higher than normal levels of lead, cadmium and arsenic linked to a smelter in Belledune, but did nothing to alert residents.
 
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