Here's to a new decade hopefully filled with new debacles, debates and general good times.
While we could start the new year off with a lively debate on what the heck the point of the People's Choice awards are (sure, people should have a say but it's like watching a high school student council election) - we're choosing to highlight something all you citizens of London should know about.
Did you know that, according to studies, London - not Toronto, as you might assume - gets the most toxins pumped into its skies than anywhere in Ontario?
Yeah. Gross.
According to the London Free Press:
"At more than eight million kilograms of toxins a year, not counting what blows in from the industrial U.S. midwest, the air discharge is 40% higher than the pollutants released above Canada's largest metropolis, the Toronto area, which ranks second in Ontario.
More than 6% of the pollutants released are suspected of causing cancer, while more than 9% are linked to reproductive and developmental defects. Examples of chemicals released include benzene and arsenic."
Delicious.
If anything, hopefully this news will get people thinking, talking and developing solutions.
Want to learn more? See the rest of the article at: http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/01/08/12388701-sun.html
