Speakers at the last PACHA meeting revealed that:
a. Prince George has the highest cancer rate in the province (if not the country).
b. The oncologist that the new cancer centre was trying to recruit has refused to come here because he is concerned about the effect of our bad air on his own health.
c. There is an obvious conflict of interest between members that sit on the board at Canfor as well as at Northern Health (fox guarding the hen house anyone?)
d. Twenty five people a year in Prince George die prematurely due to the consequences stemming from bad air.
These questions are begging to be asked:
"What are we going to do about it?" and "Why aren't all health care providers screaming for the air to be cleaned up?
Sandi Kubert
Prince George
