In Grassy narrows, ON (80 km north of Kenora, ON) residents are among the most mercury contaminated waters in the entire province. For generations the residents of these lands have relayed on fishing by Clay Lake which has been extremely contaminated with mercury after a…
As we eat fish like tuna, king mackerel, tilefish, swordfish, shark, and many other species- we are consuming small amounts of mercury. Fish can absorb methylmercury from what they eat and from the surrounding water when it passes their gills, that mercury then clings to…