Ninety-percent of proposed Canadian hydroelectric projects may expose local indigenous communities to methylmercury

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 - 08:02 in Earth & Climate

In a new study, Harvard University researchers find over 90 percent of potential new Canadian hydroelectric projects are likely to increase concentrations of the neurotoxin methylmercury in food webs near indigenous communities.

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