Journal de Montréal has a series this weekend on pollution in Montreal, the health problems experienced by people living near oil refineries and factories, the unknown toll some toxins take on the human body and the 6000 deaths in Canada annually that can be blamed on it; the simple filth that's spewed out of some factories; the people who are leaving the more industrialized east end; at least Montreal has stricter air quality standards than the rest of Quebec, and Shell and Petro-Canada, the city's major polluters, are trying to cut back on emissions.
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