Author: Masih Khalatbari

Masih Khalatbari

Masih Khalatbari is an award-winning, Persian-Canadian investigative reporter based in Toronto. His work spans print, podcasting and documentary film, including in-depth exposés on human smuggling operations on the Canadian border, deception in the drug trial industry, and the federal government’s concealment of a toxic spill in drinking water. His research interests include national security, organized crime, environmental health risks and drug safety.

Homeowners take feds to court over ‘radioactive’ waste

Federal agency says the problem falls outside its mandate Three homeowners in Elliot Lake are taking the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to Federal Court... Read more.

Masih Khalatbari 28 July 2023

She found out she’d been breathing a cancer-causing gas for over a decade. So why won’t Canada’s health-care system let her get her lungs tested?

Canadians with documented levels of elevated radon in their homes are ineligible for publicly funded lung cancer screening, which is only for heavy smokers.... Read more.

Robert Cribb, Declan Keogh, Masih Khalatbari 19 July 2023