Who are the Grassy Narrows 143? Health Canada won’t say – Toronto Star
Sept 7, 2016
First Nation demands federal government reveal the names of at least 143 of its residents who were identified at birth by federal health officials as being at risk for mercury poisoning.
Grassy Narrows First Nation is demanding the federal government reveal the names of at least 143 of its residents who were identified at birth by federal health officials as being at risk for mercury poisoning.
Health Canada has so far refused, citing privacy concerns surrounding the program that saw the umbilical cord blood of scores of babies tested between 1978 and 1992.
Mercury levels found in these samples were high enough to affect brain development, according to a recent scientific report that also says exposure in the womb can cause co-ordination problems and speech disorders.
