Residents of Quebec town worried about toxic smelter emissions

The copper smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., emits 30 times more arsenic than the province’s Environment Ministry deems safe. Quebec's top public health officer calls it unacceptable, and doctors are demanding change.

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