Aamjiwnaang First Nation, in southwestern Ontario., has declared a state of emergency after a significant spike in the cancer-causing substance benzene
The link between human rights, human health and an unhealthy planet is clear to us as physicians. The federal government must also make these connections.
Representatives from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation say they are bearing the brunt of environmental racism in Chemical Valley, and are in Ottawa to push world governments to give Indigenous nations a seat at the table as negotiations for a global plastics treaty unfold.
Canadian Indigenous delegates say oil and gas representatives are part of negotiations for the international, legally binding plastics treaty though First Nations communities are often the most affected by pollution