nco’s refinery, a pollutant classified by the federal government as a group one-carcinogenic toxic substance.3 Once Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment (“MOE”) discovered the true extent and levels of Inco’s nickel depositions, Port Colborne became the subject of extreme environmental scrutiny, risk assessments, scientific testing, regulatory intervention, unprecedented media publicity and health studies lasting almost 2 St Lawrence Cement; Imperial Oil Ltd… [read post]