Canada’s water quality is poor; air just getting dirtier

Mike De Souza, CanWest News Service
Published: Monday, October 15, 2007
OTTAWA – Canada’s air quality is getting worse, and many of its waterways are so polluted they don’t meet minimum standards for supporting aquatic life, says a new report released Monday from Canada’s national statistical agency.
The Statistics Canada survey, which reviewed key environmental indicators from 1990 to 2005, showed a 12 per cent increase in ground level ozone – a key component of smog – over the 15-year period.
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