An environmental group says lab tests show that the blood and urine of Canadians is contaminated with dozens of toxic chemicals.
Environmental Defence says tests of 11 volunteers from different parts of the country detected an average of 44 chemicals in each of them, including DDT, PCBs, stain repellants, flame retardants, mercury and lead.
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The report is believed to be the first in Canada to test for a broad range of chemicals, but studies in other countries have produced similar results.
Deep well injections of toxic waste probably has not helped. The stuff has a bad habit of popping up in aquifers hundreds of miles away.
The Kyoto accord referred to greenhouse gasses.
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