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The problem was the English-Wabigoon river had a surrounding population downstream of the chemical plant, which lived on fishing and tourism.
They were members of the Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation, also known as Grassy Narrows First Nation, near Kenora in northern Ontario.
It has been known for a long time that methylmercury is extremely toxic.
Indeed, the saying “mad as a hatter” and the Mad Hatter character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, originally came from the effects of mercury poisoning on workers in the hat-making industry, because of the process to convert fur into felt going back to the 18th century.
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An 11-game stretch of home games at the Rogers Centre is what businesses especially those close to the stadium have been waiting for.
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Workers at St. Louis Bar and Grill right across the street consider the July 30 return a game-changer.
“It’s nice to see these guys come back and be joyful and have smiling faces,” said Griffin Rowe, a staffer at the restaurant for four years.
“I didn’t think we would see the Jays this year at all not a chance. And if they did come back, I didn’t think there wouldn’t be any audience. So we are happy to have some sort of glimpse of that.”
The crowds flocked to the Berks County Heritage Center on Saturday.
Daniel Rowe, the historic resource supervisor for Berks County Parks and Recreation, said it felt good to bring the programming back for another year.
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The heritage center and environmental park at Antietam Lake have been opened since June, but there were no educational programs, Rowe said.
âThis is really our first weekend with actual onsite programming and activities,â he said.
Jim Ohlinger, a heritage center volunteer who lived at the site in the 1940s and 1950s, gave an hourlong tour of the property to about 30 people.
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