{"id":3191,"date":"2019-12-03T13:39:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T18:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2019-12-03T13:42:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T18:42:31","slug":"canada-doesnt-have-a-national-water-quality-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/canada-doesnt-have-a-national-water-quality-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Doesn&#8217;t Have a National Water Quality Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2000, Canada had their worst <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/inside-walkerton-canada-s-worst-ever-e-coli-contamination-1.887200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E. coli outbreak<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ever. Walkerton, Ontario\u2019s drinking water was contaminated with E. coli bacteria from unfiltered runoff. Seven people died and around 2,300 people were infected from the contamination. This epidemic could\u2019ve been avoided if the country had stricter water standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost 20 years later, Canada still doesn\u2019t have a national water quality standard, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/canadas-drinking-water-is-dangerously-contaminated-with-lead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lead levels<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in some provinces are alarmingly high due to the lack of regulations. The country changed its acceptable lead level from 10 ppb (parts per billion) to 5 ppb in an attempt to combat this lead problem, but most provinces don\u2019t follow these standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2019\/11\/12\/how-to-solve-the-lead-crisis-in-canada.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Star<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ontario is the only province with enforceable standards in line with federal guidelines, and it\u2019s the only province that makes their lead levels public. There are numerous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enpress.com\/site\/lead-drinking-water-health-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">health issues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> linked to lead contamination. Canada could have another crisis like Walkerton if they don\u2019t enforce a water quality standard soon.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 20 years after the massive E. coli outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada still doesn\u2019t have a national water quality 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