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"Mercury Mystery" [1]

"Forty years after grassy narrows First Nation’s mercury-drenched river system was proclaimed off limits, a recently released report on the health fallout in the community north of Kenora has arrived at a more ominous conclusion.

It’s possible that even small amounts of mercury below Health Canada’s guidelines are continuing to poison people and causing health problems."

Kate Harries reports for Now Toronto May 13, 2010. [2]
 

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Source: Now Toronto [2], 05/13/2010
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mercury-mystery [2] http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=175001 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81