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Canada has third highest global rate of new childhood asthma cases from traffic pollution

The equivalent of 11,000 new cases of childhood asthma a day occur worldwide due to toxic air from traffic, researchers say, while Canada has the third highest rate in the world, trailing only Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Toronto is also among the top 10 cities with the highest number of asthma cases among children.

How Alberta kept Fort McKay First Nation in the dark about a toxic cloud from the oilsands

The Fort McKay First Nation was initially kept in the dark about a toxic cloud from the oilsands that struck their community after companies restarted operations that had been temporarily disrupted by the Fort McMurray wildfires. Internal records show that the incident occurred after industry pressured the provincial regulator to rapidly restart their operations despite risks to public health.

The air on cruise ships may be filthier than the world’s most polluted cities: study

Ryan Kennedy, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, is the author of a new study, released Thursday, which details the shocking findings of a two-year study exposing poor air quality on four Carnival Corporation ships — the largest cruise operator in the world — including one that left Vancouver for Los Angeles in October 2018.

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