Grassy Narrows people with higher long-term mercury exposure were far more likely to die early according to an authoritative new study published Monday evening in the Lancet Planetary Health scientific journal.  The study is the first to directly support Grassy Narrows’ long held belief that their people are dying young because of the ongoing impact […]

April marks the 50th anniversary of the fishing industry being shut down in Grassy Narrows due to mercury contamination of the river system.   Between 1962 and 1970, a paper mill dumped 9,000 kg of mercury into the Wabigoon River upstream from Grassy Narrows, with the Province’s permission.  No one told Grassy Narrows about this poison […]