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INEOS Styrolutions has appeal the Ministry of Environment’s orders which shut the Sarnia plant down calling it “crippling.” And it wants the Ontario Land Tribunal to put the order on hold – effectively allowing INEOS to begin production again – while the legal arguments are heard. May 1 – 15 days after high levels of benzene in the air sickened

The Ministry of the Environment has effectively shut down INEOS Styrolutions forcing it to deal with the ongoing release of benzene at the Sarnia plant. The Ministry has pulled it’s Environmental Compliance Approval certificate which the company needs to operate. Aamjiwnaang First Nation Chief Chris Plain first called for the plant across the road from the band office to be

Province “made clear our government’s expectation that they quickly identify and reduce these emissions” There is word today that INEOS Styrolutions has been ordered in the past to deal with its high benzene emissions. Tuesday, the employees of Aamjiwnaag First Nation, which is directly across the street from the plant, were becoming nauseous and had headaches. Community activist Ada Lockridge

The leadership of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation says the federal, provincial and municipal governments to immediately shutdown the INEOS after what one resident called an “environmental assault.” That after the band sent its employees home with headaches, nausea and dizziness Tuesday. They checked environmental monitors and found the levels of benzene was extremely high. “The cause of these symptoms is