Jocelyn Burzuik, President and Senior Construction Manager at Sundance Construction, joins the Zero Waste Countdown once again to talk about a very important issue here in Canada that she has lots of personal experience with: clean drinking water for First Nations and remote Canadian communities.
When treated water is filtered with chlorine it creates trihalomethanes (THMs), causing problems for northern communities that lead to people bathing in bottled water to avoid rashes, and sometimes people need flights into bigger cities with hospitals for treatment. We also see antibiotics being prescribed to combat H. pylori which leads to antibiotic resistance in our communities.
But can't we just drill a well and be good to go? It's not so simple. Even where I live, drilling a well for one family was complicated, problematic, and expensive. Drilling to get enough water for a whole community in the north is much more complicated and expensive when we add in the costs of getting equipment to remote places. UV with ultrasonics could be the answer.
Jocelyn discusses identity politics and how the Canadian government divides people up by race, which ends up with some communities not being able to share their federal infrastructure with other communities.
Extra Reading:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/attawapiskat-water-quality-emergency-1.5204652
https://canadians.org/analysis/attawapiskat-water-crisis-another-failure-federal-government-provide-safe-water-first-nations
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/h-pylori/symptoms-causes/syc-20356171
144. Food Forward L.A.
143. Cuba
142. Northshore Apothecary
141. Stay Well With Ferm Fatale
140. NewLife Forests in Arizona
139. Riff Energy Drinks
138. Aura7 Activewear
137. Neatly Cleaning Product
136. Bay of Quinte
135. Pipelines on Indigenous Land
134.Electronic Waste With Sunnking
133. Love Zero Waste
132. Emerald Packaging
131.Zero Waste in India
130. A.I., Biotech, & Palm Oil
129. Diamonds From The Air
128. UBQ Materials
127. Open Source 3D Printing
126. NYC Fashion Designer Jussara Lee
125. Sourdough
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Just Dumb Enough Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL