Mercury poisoning is worsening in Ontario’s Grassy Narrows First Nation: study | Canada Tonight

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A new study from Western University suggests ongoing industrial pollution has worsened mercury contamination in northwestern Ontario’s English-Wabigoon River. Judy Da Silva, an environmental health co-ordinator for Grassy Narrows First Nations who has lived with mercury poisoning herself, says it has robbed her community members of everyday joys.

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