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Getting help and funds to fix the threat can be frustrating. A special report.
Francesca Fionda 23 Feb 2021 | The Tyee / Institute for Investigative Journalism
Francesca Fionda is a freelance investigative and data journalist, and journalism instructor. SHARES Safe or not? Tests done in 2017 by the First Nations Health Authority in 261 sites on reserves across BC showed unsafe lead levels in water for 35 schools. BC’s health minister was told, but what’s happened since is not publicly shared.
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When Trever Andrew found out there was a small amount of lead leaching into the tap water in the girl’s washroom at T selcéwtqen Clleq mel ten/Chief Atahm School, he knew it was important to act fast. There is no safe level of lead exposure and children are particularly vulnerable. In adults, lead exposure increases the risk of high blood pressure and kidney damage. In children, lead can affect the development of the brain and
Bad Water Sickens First Nations. But Government Doesn’t Track the Toll
Data to identify and fix problems don’t exist. The ‘black hole,’ say critics, lets feds off the hook. A special report.
Annie Burns-Pieper 22 Feb 2021 | The Tyee / Institute for Investigative Journalism
Annie Burns-Pieper is an award-winning investigative reporter and the managing editor of the Institute for Investigative Journalism. She has contributed to the Globe and Mail, CBC, CTV, Global News, the Toronto Star, Al Jazeera and the Guardian. SHARES After residents from Neskantaga First Nation were evacuated over hydrocarbon-tainted water last October, Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa holds up a collected sample at a rally in Toronto.
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Some Indigenous peopleâs fear of the vaccine is not rooted in conspiracy theory, says one researcher, but in well-documented fact of Indigenous peopleâs treatment by the health-care system that is brutally unjust.
Image Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan-Pool February 22, 2021 - 6:00 AM Devin Sampare is clear that he’s not an anti-vaxxer. “My children got all the same vaccines I got as a kid,” he says. “I’m just very conscious about weighing risks, using discernment and making sure what I’m putting in is going to benefit me.”
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