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\u00a0By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is looking for options to protect a southern Ontario First Nation from repeated exposure to benzene from a nearby chemical plant, as the plant issues a new warning about air pollution. Leaders from Aamjiwnaang First Nation and international environment advocates wrote to Guilbeault on Thursday asking him to take immediate steps to ensure the Ineos Styrolution plant in Sarnia remains closed until the First Nation deems it safe to reopen. The plant began a shutdown on April 20, two days after a provincial compliance order demanded Ineos take steps to fix the benzene pollution problem. In an interview, Guilbeault said he met with the First Nation leaders in Ottawa on Wednesday and wants to help. “I am worried it’s… <\/p>\n

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\u00a0By Mia Rabson THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is looking for options to protect a southern Ontario First Nation from repeated exposure to benzene from a nearby chemical plant, as the plant issues a new warning about air pollution. Leaders from Aamjiwnaang First Nation and international environment advocates wrote to Guilbeault on Thursday asking him to take immediate steps to ensure the Ineos Styrolution plant in Sarnia remains closed until the First Nation deems it safe to reopen. The plant began a shutdown on April 20, two days after a provincial compliance order demanded Ineos take steps to fix the benzene pollution problem. In an interview, Guilbeault said he met with the First Nation leaders in Ottawa on Wednesday and wants to help. “I am worried it’s... <\/p>\n

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