Canada’s First Nation declares emergency due to excessive chemicals emission

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Canada’s First Nation declares emergency due to excessive chemicals emission

By Wa Lone (Reuters) – Canada’s Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the excessive release of harmful chemicals from INEOS Styrolution’s plastic manufacturing plant, the Indigenous group said. The Frankfurt-based company was issued a compliance order by the provincial environment ministry on April 18 to investigate the cause of the leak at its Ontario factory, which began earlier in April. The state of emergency will…