Risks and Impacts to First Nation Health and the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Dam Failure

• Published in: International Journal of Indigenous Health
• Main Authors: Shandro, Janis, Jokinen, Laura, Stockwell, Alison, Mazzei, Francesco, Winkler, Mirko S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health 2017
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Fraser River; First Nations
• Online Access: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/17786; https://doi.org/10.18357/ijih122201717786

In August 2014, the Mount Polley Mine tailings dam was breached, releasing millions of cubic metres of tailings water and tailings into Polley Lake, Quesnel Lake, and Hazeltine Creek in British Columbia (BC), Canada. To date, no assessment has identified the communities impacted by this event, nor h...