Air pollution in Sarnia-area linked to increased cancer risk: health review
Global News
A government-funded health project shows that in certain parts of Sarnia there is an increased risk of cancer, particularly leukemia, because of exposure to air pollution.
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For decades, the people living in Sarnia, Ont., and the nearby Aamjiwnaang First Nation have worried their proximity to refineries and chemical plants is making them sick.
The Aamjiwnaang First Nation is surrounded by industry. There are 62 large facilities within a 25-kilometre radius.
After a Global News investigation in 2017, the Ontario government launched a multi-million dollar project to examine the possible connection between air pollution from the industrial plants and public health.
This week, the results were made public. And they confirm what people feared.
The results show that in certain parts of Sarnia there is an increased risk of cancer, particularly leukemia, because of exposure to air pollution.
It was only six days after Dorothy and Wilson Plain Jr.’s son Jeremy was diagnosed with leukemia in 2006, that he was gone. The family lives in Aamjiwnaang First Nation, an area exposed to higher levels of some air pollution, including benzene, a cancer-causing chemical.
Years after their son’s death, the government-funded study now shows the level of benzene people are breathing can cause an “increase in the risk of blood cancers (leukemia)” with long-term exposure.
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