Evaluation of the level of contaminants, Mercury and Arsenic in fiddleheads, New Brunswick

• Main Author: N.A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2010
• Subjects: contamination; food; traditional knowledge; Place and Environment; Sugar Island; Maliseet
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/aprci/208; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/aprci/article/1236/viewcontent/Heavy_Metal_Content___Fiddleheads.pdf

In spring 2010, Maliseet Nation Conservation Council (MNCC) has conducted a study to test fiddleheads for contaminants. As Fiddleheads are important traditional foods of Maliseet Indians of the Saint John River Valley and widely consumed veggie in the province of New Brunswick we decided to test fid...