Toxic waste buried in Blainville
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Residents of a Montreal suburb oppose Stablex
In Blainville, the American company Stablex has been burying toxic waste imported mainly from the United States since the 1980s. Despite a report denouncing the serious health risks of this operation, the Legault government has imposed the expropriation of municipal land to expand the site. However, citizen analyses reveal worrying levels of contamination, fueling increasingly organized local resistance.
Citizen watchdog in Blainville
Stablex caught red-handed handling toxic products carelessly
Archaic technology is poisoning citizens
In Blainville, Quebec government chooses U.S. toxic waste over public health
Criminal lawsuit for civil disobedience
First court date for anti-Stablex activist
Expansion of a toxic waste dump
