Mercury still leaking into river upstream from Grassy Narrows First Nation, suggests report – CBC

Report points to legacy pollution from mercury spilled decades ago at paper mill

Feb 28, 2017

An old chemical plant in Dryden, Ont., is still leaking mercury and contaminating the Wabigoon-English River system near the Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwestern Ontario, suggests a new report from a group of scientists.

Last summer the team sampled the mud at the bottom of the river as it passed the old paper mill site where paper was bleached and from two lakes upstream.

According to the report released to CBC News ahead of a news conference in Toronto on Tuesday, the team found that mercury levels in the mud are low until the river passes the plant site.

Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grassy-narrows-old-mercury-report-1.4001775