A group of New Brunswick residents called on the provincial government to allow the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to investigate the cause of a mysterious neurological disease that has affected over 100 patients.
In a joint statement released on March 28, patients suffering from “atypical neurological decline” and their families, alongside Leader of the New Brunswick Green Party David Coon and MLA Megan Mitton, urged Health Minister Bruce Fitch to remove all barriers for the PHAC to launch an investigation into “potential environmental causes” of brain disease reportedly affecting a number of New Brunswick residents.
“Minister Fitch has a responsibility to remove all barriers so the experts at the Public Health Agency of Canada can determine if there is an environmental basis for this increase in neurodegenerative syndromes in New Brunswick,” Mitton said in the statement….