Canada’s Minamata disease problem
It is time for Canada to underpin its policies for environmental protection and climate change with up-to-date, solid science, not the pseudo-science fantasies of industries and bureaucratic policy wonks.
On April 7, Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna signed the Minamata Convention, a global agreement to reduce human-caused mercury emissions. The accompanying news release failed to mention Canada’s persistent Minamata disease problem in northwestern Ontario.
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