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Historic sampling since 1970 has revealed elevated metal levels in the Sudbury area. Why didnt the Ministry act on this information until now?

April 26, 2017area didnt elevated historic levels metal revealed Sampling Sudbury

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Historic sampling since 1970 has revealed elevated metal levels in the Sudbury area. Why didnt the Ministry act on this information until now?

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Although elevated metals and arsenic concentrations in soil were known in the Sudbury area in the late sixties, there is now a better scientific understanding of the relationship between metals and arsenic levels in soil and potential health risks related to exposure.