INDUSTRIAL plants in the US have been fingered as the main polluters of
Nunavut, thousands of kilometres away in the Canadian Arctic. A report on
cross-border pollution released this week identifies an incinerator in Iowa as
the single biggest source of dioxin pollution in this remote Arctic area.
The report, released by the North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation, an intergovernmental organisation set up by Canada, the US and
Mexico, is the first attempt to pin down the precise sources of the dioxin.
Researchers say that the three countries can now use the findings to clamp down
on polluters.
The…
