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A Mi’kmaq community’s fears of toxic water recede as Northern Pulp mill winds down

February 3, 2020

A Mi’kmaq community’s fears of toxic water recede as Northern Pulp mill winds down

Nicole Hancock

February 3, 2020

A Mi’kmaq community’s fears of toxic water recede as Northern Pulp mill winds down

Nicole Hancock

February 3, 2020

Read the Article in The Globe and Mail

Tagged: Pictou Landing First Nation, industrial plant, foul-smelling waste, effluent treatment facility, respiratory illnesses, skin illnesses, pulp mill, water ceremony, Mi'kmaq, contamination, toxic effluent, Tonya Francis, Nova Scotia, Northumberland Strait, tidal estuary, reserve, Boat Harbour lagoon, unusual skin conditions, elevated rates of cancer, fishing, clam digging, hunting, environmental concerns, hunters, gatherers, fishers, pollution, environmental impact, federal regulations, settling pond, toxic wastewater, byproduct, pulping process, estuary, mercury, dioxins, chloride, toxic heavy metals, fishermen, conservationists, Indigenous activists, wetland, spill, provincial government, Indonesia's Widjaja family, replacement treatment facility, contaminated sediment, wastewater lagoon, aerators, boil-water advisory, bottled water, drinking water, Will Nicholas, Northern Pulp, soil, Pictou County, lung disease, carcinogens, Chief Andrea Paul, new environmental standards, cleanup, air, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cancer-risk levels, asthma, smell, money, jobs, Premier Stephen McNeil, Nova Scotia's Department of Business, indemnity agreement

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