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Mercury poison: Grassy Narrows to release new report on devastating health impacts
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Date Written:  01/06/2012
Year Published:  2012  
Resource Type:  Article

50 years after dumping began governments refuse to acknowledge Minamata Disease.

Abstract:  50 years after dumping began governments refuse to acknowledge Minamata Disease

Toronto – The people of Grassy Narrows are still suffering from the debilitating health impacts of mercury poison fifty years after a Dryden mill began dumping 10 tonnes of the neurotoxin into Grassy Narrows’ English-Wabigoon River. Indigenous Grassy Narrows community members are travelling 2,000 km to Toronto by foot, train, and bus to release a newly translated health study on their community by renowned Ja...
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