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38 views • May 19, 2018

Horwath visits Grassy Narrows to highlight contamination issue

Purtina Wang
CAPTION: Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is pledging to make “positive inroads” into the mercury-contaminated water issue plaguing the Grassy Narrows First Nation. Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government is addressing the problem. (May 18, 2018) 1. SOUNDBITE: Andrea Horwath, Ontario NDP Leader 2. SOUNDBITE: Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Premier/Liberal Leader PLACELINE: Grassy Narrows First Nation, Ontario; Toronto CREDIT: The Canadian Press STORYLINE: The leaders of all three of Ontario's major political parties pledged Friday to clean up a mercury-contaminated river that has plagued the Grassy Narrows First Nation for decades as NDP Leader Andrea Horwath toured the community. The New Democrat leader flew to the northern Ontario First Nation to talk with community leaders about the ongoing impacts from the contamination. A paper mill in Dryden, Ont., dumped 9,000 kilograms of the substance into the English-Wabigoon River system in the 1960s. A report authored by five mercury experts and released last year suggested mercury could still be leaking into the river system. Mercury concentrations haven't decreased in 30 years and dangerous levels are still present in sediment and fish, causing ongoing health and economic impacts in Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nation.
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