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A chemistry professor says a chemical spill on the Vanier Highway in Fredericton appears to involve low concentrations of chromium, so affected people should focus on taking precautions and not panicking.
‘I don’t want to have people panic, these [are] low concentrations,’ says Roxana Suehring
Hope Edmond · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 08, 2026 4:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 39 minutes ago
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The New Brunswick government on Friday said it would clean up a chemical spill that left some Fredericton roads yellow-coloured, including the Vanier Highway interchange between Alison Boulevard and Wilsey Road. (Aniekan Etuhube/CBC)
A chemistry professor says a chemical spill on the Vanier Highway in Fredericton appears to involve low concentrations of chromium, so affected people should focus on taking precautions and not panicking.
Roxana Suehring, an associate professor of environmental analytical chemistry at Toronto Metropolitan University, said the risk level depends on the chemical people come into contact with.
She said chromium is often used in metal treatments such as painting cars or making raw materials.
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