Asbestos fibres were found in Winnipeg tap water. Canada has no legal limit. Health Canada proposes to keep it that way. One Human Rights lawyer put it on the permanent record.
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"Everyone has the right to know what's in their water. I found out. I filed. I won't stop."
Every line below is a documented, legally filed, verifiable fact.
Asbestos fibres per litre in Winnipeg tap water — W5 independent lab testing
Fibres per litre near a Regina water main break — same investigation
Times Winnipeg mentioned in Health Canada's 64-page guidance document
Canada's legal limit for asbestos in drinking water. No MAC. No standard. Ever.
Accredited Canadian labs for asbestos water testing. Health Canada's guidance cannot be independently verified.
Year the US EPA set an enforceable limit. Canada has had 35 years.
Independent testing across six Winnipeg neighbourhoods. The results were alarming. The government's response: propose no legal limit.
Watch the W5 Report →Seven legal arguments. Winnipeg's missing data. International human rights framework. On the permanent public record.
Download the Filing →Filed with Health Canada · March 2026 · Asbestos Free Water
The US EPA set an enforceable limit in 1991. Canada has had 35 years. The question will not go away.
Every line is an asbestos cement pipe. Click for street, cross-streets, postal code, installation year.
Winnipeg Asbestos Cement Pipe Map
Open Interactive Map →Demand enforceable standards, mandatory testing, and the right to know what's in your glass.
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"I found poison in my city's water. I filed anyway. I won't stop."
Rana Bokhari is a Human Rights lawyer and founder of Asbestos Free Water, a non-profit advocacy organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. With over a decade of experience in public service and advocacy, Rana brings legal expertise, public health knowledge, and a refusal to accept institutional silence to this campaign.
When W5 found 60,000 asbestos fibres per litre in Winnipeg tap water and Health Canada proposed no enforceable limit — and when Rana discovered that Health Canada's own 64-page guidance document didn't mention Winnipeg once — she filed. That submission is now on the permanent public record.