Canada: First Nation Mercury Survivors Visit Japanese Mercury Experts

Canada: First Nation Mercury Survivors Visit Japanese Mercury Experts   Three Indigenous peoples of Canada have just returned from speaking in three Japanese communities as part of the screening of Tadashi Orui's film titled "The Scars of Mercury,” hosted by the Kumamoto Gakuen University Minamata Research team. Asubpeeschoseewagong and Wabaseemoong delegates were in Japan for September 6-18, 2011.   Chief Simon.R.Fobister says that "We had an opportunity to share our mercury poisoning...

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