Chemical Valley
Indigenous Woman Suing Ontario Over 'Chemical Valley' Pollution
A government whistleblower is suggesting “discriminatory attitudes” may be to blame.
Growing Up In Canada’s ‘Chemical Valley’ Convinced Me We Need to Ban Asbestos
The toxic fiber casts a dark shadow.
Leak of Cancer-Causing Chemical Forces Residents of Canada’s 'Chemical Valley' Indoors
The 'Chemical Valley' around Sarnia, Ontario is home to about 40 percent of Canada's petrochemical industry and in 2011 the World Health Organization crowned Sarnia's air as the worst in Canada.
Canadian Protesters Keep Shutting Down the Line Nine Oil Pipeline
Activists chained themselves to a valve in the name of Indigenous land claims before being arrested on Monday.
The Canadian City Fighting Back Against Its Deadly Fentanyl Problem
A disturbing number of people in Sarnia, Ontario, are abusing a powerful painkiller that is 100 times stronger than morphine or 40 times stronger than heroin
This Ontario First Nation Is Taking Its Fight for Pollution Data to the People
Aamjiwnaang Water Project is a crowdfunded campaign to pay for independent water and sediment tests.
Enbridge Bailed On Its Own Open House in Aamjiwnaang
But they still gave out some environmental Starter Emergency Kits that are really only useful if you get lost in the woods.
Neil Young Says We’re Breaking Our Promise to the First Nations
At a press event earlier in the day, Neil Young told reporters that an oil sands extraction site was “one of the ugliest things I’ve ever seen.” That his celebrity was needed for attention to be paid to this issue, he told the press, was “a sorry state...
The First Nation People in Sarnia Are Pushing Back Against Fracking
On December 27th, First Nations protestors in Sarnia, Ontario, took to the streets once again to let Canadians know they don’t want to be the lab rats of the energy industry’s pollution experiments. While members of the Aamjiwnaang...
Chemical Valley's Children Have Banned Chemicals in Their Blood
Chemicals that were banned from use in the 40s and 50s are showing up in the bloodstreams of children from the nearby First Nations reserve.
Chemical Valley's Children Have Banned Chemicals in Their Blood
Chemicals that were banned from use in the 40s and 50s are still ubiquitous in the Chemical Valley. So much so that they're showing up in the bloodstreams of children from the nearby First Nations reserve, Aamjiwnaang.