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Article: Saskatchewan contaminated sites team
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- Haznews
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
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The Canadian province of Saskatchewan has established a contaminated sites team to co-ordinate the assessment and clean-up of polluted sites in the province. The team will also collate public information on contaminated sites. Environment minister, Berny Wiens, said there is no crisis in Saskatchewan "but there is an urgent need to start the long-term process of cleaning up and getting to work to protect our future environmental health".
Mr Wiens released a list of 12 high-priority contaminated sites where clean-up investigations or plans are already under way. These include a wood treatment site in Prince Albert; the former Interprovincial ...