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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

'Everybody is a fighter in Grassy'

William Bill Fobister remembers when things changed, seemingly overnight. The 79-year-old had grown up fishing across the sprawling English-Wabigoon River system. And the deep blue waters that lap the shores of his Ojibwe community - Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek, better known as Grassy Narrows - had fed his people since time immemorial. [My dad] was a commercial fisherman, and I helped him. That's how we survived, Bill recalls, sitting at a yellow picnic table in his backyard on a rainy August morning.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Traces of mercury have reached the most remote areas of the Colombian Amazon

Mercury contamination from illegal mining has dispersed across the Amazon, contaminating fish consumed by remote Indigenous communities at levels exceeding WHO recommendations.
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fromTasting Table
6 months ago

The Most Popular Seafoods With Low Mercury Levels - Tasting Table

Mercury contamination in seafood can be managed by choosing low-mercury fish like trout and avoiding high-mercury species.
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