[All] Fw: New report: 90% of Grassy people show mercury poisoning signs!

[Gregory C. Michalenko]

I was active in the initial mobilization to expose and protest what the Dryden pulp mill owned by the British Reed Paper Company was doing to the English-Wabigoon river system., and the plans, supported by the Bill Davis government,  for awarding a licence for a second mill to the same company.  This was in 1977-78.

It was quite a fight.  We were investigated by the OPP because Queen's Park was trying to figure out the source of leaked information, and one night  a private detective hired by Reed broke into and  rifled through papers in my office at the University of Waterloo.. I also visited several media offices in the UK.  One of them decided to do its own investigation and exposed some very interesting financial dealings between the manager of the Dryden mill and Lord Ryder, the CEO of Reed, that hadn't been laundered well enough when passed through a bank  in the tax haven of the island of Jersey.  A great boost to the campaign came from the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group which published a 20-page investigative tabloid called "Quicksilver and Slow Death" about the mercury poisoning.

It is sorrowful to learn how lasting the effects of heavy metal pollution can be, both to the environment and human health.
- Greg Michalenko
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Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:34 PM
Subject: New report: 90% of Grassy people show mercury poisoning signs!

Dear Friends,
More than 90 per cent of the people tested in Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nations are showing signs of mercury poisoning, according to shocking new research released today by Japanese experts.
"I can't do any sewing unless I look at the needle and see if it's in my hand," said Barbara Fobister, 63, to the CBC. "In the kitchen, when I have to peel potatoes, everything is more difficult."

The report found that people not even born when the mercury was being dumped in the river are demonstrating the symptoms of poisoning. The majority of people tested are experiencing sensory deprivation — the loss of feeling in fingers and lips which is a classic symptom of mercury poisoning.

While Ontario drags its feet, the people of Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nations are leading the fight for clean water for everyone and justice for Indigenous peoples.
Please share your outrage and these stories on social media and call Kathleen Wynne today, demand that Ontario clean up the mercury<http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2826005/Grassy-Narrows-Phone-Call-Action>.
Toronto Star: Signs of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows youth, say Japanese experts<https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/20/signs-of-mercury-poisoning-in-grassy-narrows-youth-say-japanese-experts.html>
Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A//www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/20/signs-of-mercury-poisoning-in-grassy-narrows-youth-say-japanese-experts.html> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/home?status=TorStar%3A%20Signs%20of%20mercury%20poisoning%20in%20Grassy%20youth,%20Japanese%20experts%20%40Kathleen_Wynne%20CLEAN%20THE%20RIVER!%20%23FreeGrassy%20https%3A//www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/20/signs-of-mercury-poisoning-in-grassy-narrows-youth-say-japanese-experts.html>
CBC: New generation suffering mercury poisoning at Grassy Narrows, Ont.<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/grassy-narrows-new-japanese-report-1.3768030>
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TODAY IN TORONTO.  Voices from front line water defenders.
If you are in Toronto today, September 20th, join Judy Da Silva, Vanessa Gray, and Waawaate Fobister<http://freegrassy.net/2016/09/08/water-is-sacred-voices-from-the-front-lines/> as well as Japanese experts for a public talk at 6:30pm, University of Toronto, Room 1101 Sanford Fleming Building. 10 King’s College Road.
FreeGrassy.net
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