Arsenic Air: A Quebec town's fear of exposure to a smelter's harmful pollution

W5 Podcast

For years, a copper smelter at Rouyn Noranda, Que., 600 kilometres northwest of Montreal has been spewing a cocktail of heavy metals into the air. W5 discovers that some of the town's residents are no longer willing to pay the financial benefits from heavy industry.

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