Mercury pollution is worsening a mental health crisis in this Indigenous community

Photo credit: Randy Risling / via Getty Images. Article by Anita Hofschneider. Grist – July 27, 2023.

Mercury poisoning among members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation in Ontario, Canada, is contributing to high rates of attempted suicide among Indigenous youth. That’s according to a new study out of the University of Quebec in Montreal published this month in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. […]

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