Lead order costs boards; flushing lines daily a financial burden
Source: Catham Daily News
Reviewed: 13/11/07

The cost of flushing out water lines at schools and day nurseries daily is sending school board funds down the pipes, said Chatham-Kent's public health director.

Discussing lead testing and prevention at the Chatham-Kent Board of Health meeting Wednesday, public health director Anne Coulter said the cost of flushing the water lines to prevent lead contamination in drinking water is adding up for school boards...

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Water quality poor and air getting dirtier: federal survey
Source: Canada.com
Reviewed: 13/11/07

OTTAWA - Canada's air quality is getting worse, and many of its waterways are so polluted they don't meet minimum standards for supporting aquatic life, says a new report released Monday from Canada's national statistical agency.

The Statistics Canada survey, which reviewed key environmental indicators from 1990 to 2005, showed a 12 per cent increase in ground level ozone - a key component of smog - over the 15-year period...

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Water Ontario Lead
Source: Google
Reviewed: 13/11/07

More than one hundred homes and businesses in Whitchurch-Stouffville will have water tested for lead beginning in January. The provincial program began after the City of London reported elevated levels from tap water samples. After another 36 municipalities had drinking water tested, the Ontario-wide program was implemented...

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