Human health risks from hydroelectric projects

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/hjap-hhr110816.php

Public Release: 9-Nov-2016
Human health risks from hydroelectric projects
Ninety-percent of proposed Canadian hydroelectric projects may expose local indigenous communities to methylmercury
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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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