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Port Moody ’ammonia’ leak spurs evacuations, road closure, turns out to be carbon dioxide

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Police in Port Moody , Canada , say it's carbon dioxide, not toxic ammonia as first suspected.

Police initially thought the truck was leaking ammonia, but it's now believed to be carbon dioxide.

The federal government’s National Pollutant Inventory says breathing in ammonia can cause severe irritation of the nose and throat and may be fatal.

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