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Yellowknife's Giant Mine: Arsenic Exposure as Indigenous Community Was Poisoned
NORTH SLAVE REGION, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, JUL 23 – The Canadian government is committing over $4 billion to freeze and contain 237,000 tonnes of underground arsenic trioxide to protect the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, officials said.
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Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned
Giant Mine, just north of Yellowknife, N.W.T., in September 2011. The gold mine officially opened in 1948 and was operational for over 50 years before it was closed in 2004. (John Sandlos) Decades of gold mining at Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has left a toxic legacy: 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust stored in underground chambers. As a multi-billion government remediation effort to clean up the mine site and secure t…
Pollution Control Department reveals results of the 7th inspection of Kok-Sai-Rwak-Mekong rivers before heavy rain, arsenic still exceeds standards in almost every area, but lead and manganese levels have not been disclosed. On July 24, 2025, the Pollution Control Department's page reported on water quality measurements of the Kok River, Sai River, Ruak River, and Mekong River, stating that in the case of the Kok River being unusually turbid, th…
Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned - The Turtle Island News
By Arn Keeling and John Sandlos Decades of gold mining at Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has left a toxic legacy: 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust stored in underground chambers. As a multi-billion government remediation effort to clean up the mine site and secure the underground arsenic ramps up, the Canadian government is promising to deal with the mine’s disastrous consequences for local Indigenous communities. In Ma…
Because of the proximity to the district Wolfenbüttel the Wolfenbütteler must also be careful. What there is to consider and how dangerous arsenic is.
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