A seven-year mystery about the contamination of well water in Walkerton, Ontario, was solved for me in Elizabeth Brubaker’s very first paragraph. I recall good media reports when it happened in 2000 about the livestock operations that were a possible source of the bacteria that caused illness and death to citizens of the town. Yet the livestock operations faded from view as the public inquiry turned the spotlight on government…
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The Devil Is in the Details
Canada’s legalization of marijuana raises a host of policy and health questions