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Lead levels in Montreal water comparable to Flint

November 5, 2019Health

A year long investigation has found that in places like Montreal, hundreds of thousands of residents may be exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water. Old pipes and a lack of testing regulations are in part to blame, said lead investigator Patti Sonntag of Concordia University.

Crack, Lies and Videotape — it’s a tale only Toronto can tell

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