Christine Rogers (left), her father Bobby, and daughter went to hospital earlier this week with symptoms of sore throats, nausea and headaches.
Aamjiwnaang First Nation members say industrial benzene emissions in Sarnia, Ont., area made them ill
According to Rogers, that's around the same time she received an email from her work that their offices were closing due to "high benzene." "When it comes to protecting health and safety, we will not hesitate to use our regulatory tools and enforcement actions to hold emitters to account." "I work in a portable and it draws in air for my heating source, and it blows directly on my back all day long.'We know the air is stinky'The Aamjiwnaang councillor said the air quality has become a conversation piece for children at the daycare who are as young as three years old because they can't go outside.
"It is unacceptable," Sol Mamakwa, a member of Kingfisher Lake First Nation, said in a statement to CBC News.
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