Request a baseline Human Health Risk screening regarding the reported E. coli and Mercury exceedances in local watercourses (Mennin and Wabigoon rivers) to assess safety for recreational and subsistence use.
Strategic Rationale
The Proponent's submission notes bacteriological and metal exceedances in rivers that are likely utilized by Melgund and Dyment residents for fishing, swimming, or other traditional uses. As an unorganized territory with no local health services, the community is highly vulnerable to environmental health hazards. The Working Group must determine if these 'baseline' levels currently pose a risk to residents. This task ensures that the definition of 'community well-being' accurately reflects the current safety of the local environment before the project adds potential cumulative stressors.
Source Context
Understanding the Impacts of Nuclear Waste on our Community
This digital archive houses the public comments submitted to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding Project 88774: The Nuclear Waste Management Organization Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel Project. The impact assessment is led jointly by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. This archive preserves community perspectives, concerns, and observations shared during the assessment process, particularly in relation to Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario and the communities of Dyment and Borups Corners who are the closest and most impacted of all in the process.