Arsenic in Our Food
Consumer Reports magazine: November 2012.
Our findings show a real need for federal standards for this toxin. Full story here.
Conservative MP Absent From a Child Poverty Forum in Southwestern Manitoba.
Are hungry kids a priority for the Harper government? by Larry Powell The forum (for the riding of Dauphin - Swan River - Neepawa) was sponsored by the Mission and Services Committee of the Neepawa United Church. It drew about 80 people to the church on Wednesday. But only four of the five candidates (see below) took part in the debate - Ray Piché (Liberal), Kate Storey (Green Party), Inky Mark (Ind.) and Laverne Lewycky (NDP) . The 5th candidate, the sitting Conservative MP for the area, Robert Sopuck (represented by the empty chair on the right), did not attend. His office manager in Neepawa, Christine Waddell, said he was in Inglis, a small community in the western part of the riding for the evening. She did not elaborate. But she did explain that a campaign worker was mistaken when he told forum organizers earlier that Mr. Sopuck would, in fact be there. Piché , the Liberal candidate, said the MP's absence showed “disrespect” for the rest of the candidates
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“Arsenic is considered the number one environmental chemical of concern for human health effects”.
Yet despite repeated warnings, over the past several years, the Manitoba government refuses to take
those concerns seriously. The province ignores the need to cancel a license which permits The Town
of Virden to dump captured arsenic into a near by water source that flows directly into the waters of the Assiniboine River.
Hopefully, (this) article will be an inspiration to change the attitude that presently exists.
For The Sake of Our Waters.
Yours Truly;
John Fefchak.
Virden, Manitoba. 8 Oct. 2012.