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Hamilton, ON · Independent Campaign

16

reports logged by neighbours

STOP THE

SOOT

Black grime keeps landing on our homes, our yards, and our kids.
This is where we keep the receipts.

- started by a parent who's tired of washing it off small hands

When did you notice it?
Year
Month
Day
Wind Direction (if you know it)

01 - for the record

Log your soot story

One report on its own gets lost in the weeds. Hundreds, dated and mapped, are a pattern.

Patterns are what moves the MECP, the province, and the people already on it. Takes about a minute.

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02 - the log

Real reports from real households

October 25, 2026

L8M2K9

outdoor porch, child's hands, etc.

Will

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October 24, 2026

L8M2L1

Spot over my outdoor furniture and my children coming in with spot on hands and skin

Lyndsay

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October 2, 2026

L8K2P5

Cars were covered in black specs that wiped off on hands and could not be washed off. Strong foul odor in air. Dogs paws were filthy black

Rick

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July 7, 2026

L8K2P5

Dogs paws extremely black, black specks all over patio furniture and cars. Touching any of the furniture turned hands black

Rick

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October 25, 2026

L8k2n9

Small black specks covering my lawn chairs

KC

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July 15, 2026

L8k2p2

Black grit, filthy feet and shoes and paws, filthy tables and chairs

Ashley

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July 6, 2026

L8K2k6

We were out in the backyard playing with our kids when we noticed that our hands were turning black. When we took a closer look, we could see that everything in our backyard had black soot on it. This stuff was really tough to get off. My husband took a pressure washer to the entire backyard to clean and even then some of it wouldn’t come it. What worries me more is that we are inhaling this soot, our little ones are inhaling this soot. How are these companies allowed to continue to pollute the air we breathe everyday.

Jessica

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October 9, 2026

L8H 4B2

I was trimming my cedar hedge and my hands went black from all the soot on the boughs.

JL

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September 19, 2026

8822

I smelled a horrible metal smell and it looked very foggy and my whole birthday was ruined. Do not recommend.

JV

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August 28, 2026

L8K 2K6

Soot on our window sill and covering our front porch and grass

Adela

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August 20, 2026

L8L 2J9

Black film and a black grey dust

Julia

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August 20, 2026

L8L 2J9

Black/grey dust collecting in our backyard / a sticky film on everything

Julia

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July 11, 2026

L8K 2N3

Bad odour outside. My kids were covered in soot. Even playing outside for 10 minutes their hands knees and feet were black. Soles of the shoes were black.

Ali

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October 10, 2026

L8K 2W1

Soot on surfaces again, cars and ground, grass

Karen

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August 17, 2020

08822

I smelled a horrible metal smell and it looked very foggy and my whole birthday was ruined. Do not recommend.

JV

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September 3, 2026

L8L 6V2

Black substance that covered(s) our porch, railings and windows. You wipe it off and it immediately comes back. I didn’t notice how bad it was until I had a baby crawling around and immediately realized the entire neighborhood is covered in soot

Amber

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