Study finds Ontario industrial cities 'hot spots' for cancer rates

For years, residents in some of Canada’s largest industrial cities have wondered whether toxins from petrochemical plants and other manufacturers are making them sick.
A new peer-reviewed study has found “strikingly high” rates of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Canadian border towns, including Sarnia, Ont., a city whose manufacturing sector is referred to as Canada’s Chemical Valley.
The study reviewed 18,085 Canadian cases of AML between 1992 and 2010. It found hot spots for this type of leukemia in several Canadian cities, including Hamilton, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Sarnia and St. Catharines.
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[@vstar7196]

Agree 100%. I came from Sarnia. Over half of my entire family from there has died of cancer. And they continue to do so.

[@loststar2645]

Is that why the houses are cheaper there?😷 who would’ve thought that inhaling industrial 🏭 fumes was dangerous?🤧

[@canconservative8976]

we actually pay money for this type of research?..... this has been known for over 60 years by anyone who is remotely awake...

[@mikeeaston6696]

Should do test in picton ontario. Rate is 8 to 10 times national average.

[@loststar2645]

How about Peterborough

[@toxikricc]

Gotta love how they're centered around the great lakes, on the border 😡

[@GateKeeper36]

Holyshit...imagine...the workers..

[@JogBird]

these all voted for Ford as well...