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Second Canadian scientist alleges brain illness investigation was shut down

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    gowestyoungman
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    Well that makes no sense. Why would a government shut down an investigation? Unless it has something to hide? Insert conspiracy theory here.

    Well that makes no sense. Why would a government shut down an investigation? Unless it has something to hide? Insert conspiracy theory here.

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      chocobean
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      My conspiracy theory is that they were beginning to close in on something that specifically happens in New Brunswick environment and the oligarch who owns new Brunswick wants it shut down. Related...

      My conspiracy theory is that they were beginning to close in on something that specifically happens in New Brunswick environment and the oligarch who owns new Brunswick wants it shut down.

      Related article:

      But cooperation with the federal government ended abruptly in late spring and the province took the lead of the investigation. They created an oversight committee to re-examine suspected cases and determine if errors had been made in the diagnostic process.

      Victims families say that after the province took over, the investigation slowed down.

      “Everything went black. There was no communication. There was no information, medical appointments weren’t moving as quickly any more

      ...

      But the provincial government increasingly suspects there is no single mystery illness in the region. An October report ruled out any significant links between the victims or evidence of toxins in food sources, and a previous study found that eight people in the cluster died of known illnesses.

      That conclusion clashes with recent reports that caregivers in some suspected cases have also developed symptoms, which some experts suggested could indicate an environmental cause.

      The province of New Brunswick did not respond to questions about its investigation of the cluster and whether it plans to test for possible environmental contamination.

      CBC profile 2016 and archive

      In brief, they own, wholly or in large part, the province's oil and gas, paper and pulp and forestry, truck and rail transportation, foods, construction businesses, etc. Until 2022 they own all of the province's newspapers. Wiki

      And this wouldn't be the first time they gave NB citizens cancer:

      Irving-owned facilities have been shown to emit a mixture of carcinogens, including benzene and lead. In 2009, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick produced a study which found that rates of lung cancer were 40 to 50 percent higher in Saint John than in Fredericton and Moncton – New Brunswick’s other major cities.[31][32] In 2018 the Irving Pulp and Paper Ltd. pleaded guilty to three charges under the federal Fisheries Act related to numerous "significant" instances of effluent discharges from its pulp mill in west Saint John into the St. John River over a two-year period.[33] This was the fourth time that this fine was issued in a period of two years.[34]

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      1. Soggy
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        That sounds less like a "conspiracy theory" and more like a conspiracy hypothesis.

        That sounds less like a "conspiracy theory" and more like a conspiracy hypothesis.

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