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A new study has found strong evidence that the mill site upstream of Grassy Narrows and two other First Nations continues to leak dangerous amounts of mercury into the Wabigoon River to this day, 55 years after the dumping began.

Please send an email message to Prime Minister Trudeau calling for immediate action and mercury justice in Grassy Narrows. Feel free to edit and add your personal thoughts. And please share.

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Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,

More than 45 years after mercury dumping came to light, Grassy Narrows’ Wabigoon River remains one of the most contaminated in Canada.

Shockingly, nothing has ever been done to clean the river that supplies fish and water to this community, and the government has neglected to monitor mercury levels in the Wabigoon River water and sediment since the 1980s.

New evidence shows that dangerous amounts of mercury continue to leak into the Wabigoon River, to this day.

It is urgent that your government take immediate action to stop this ongoing contamination and clean up the river.

On January 20, 2017, you said that you would take action to deal with mercury contamination affecting Grassy Narrows “once and for all," but you have yet to commit to remediate the river. Your government has a responsibility to solve the ongoing mercury crisis that has affected three generations of people in Grassy Narrows.

I call on you to make a clear, written commitment to clean the Wabigoon River until the fish are safe to eat. I urge you to commit to a short timeline and a sufficient budget to make Grassy Narrows’ dream of a healthy river a reality.
 
I call on you to deliver mercury justice to the people of Grassy Narrows. This includes finding and stopping ongoing contamination, cleaning the river, providing state-of-the-art care for mercury survivors, adequate compensation for those who have been impacted, establishing an environmental health monitoring station, and cancelling plans for unwanted logging on Grassy Narrows’ territory, which would release more mercury.

Scientists and mercury experts say that the river can be safely cleaned and the fish made safe to eat. Now is the time to make things right in Grassy Narrows.

I would like to be notified as soon as possible of the steps that you are taking to stop the ongoing mercury contamination and address this urgent health crisis.

Sincerely,

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Send a message to Trudeau

A new study has found strong evidence that the mill site upstream of Grassy Narrows and two other First Nations continues to leak dangerous amounts of mercury into the Wabigoon River to this day, 55 years after the dumping began.

Please send an email message to Prime Minister Trudeau calling for immediate action and mercury justice in Grassy Narrows. Feel free to edit and add your personal thoughts. And please share.