Fredericton residents, including a senior taking care of her bedridden husband, are in shock after being left without any assistance after being told that they cannot use the water from their wells for any purpose at all, including bathing. 2700 litres of chromium trioxide was spilled at a business in the Evergreen Park area, Custom Machine and Hardchrome.

So far calls from the press to the local Department of Health have gone unanswered. The DOH simply issued a statement and some residents have been driving 45 kilometers to get their water from a spring.  Chromium trioxide is a known carcinogen and can also cause genetic defects.

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