Canadian lakes are facing a growing threat.
- Canada’s government is allowing a growing number of lakes to be converted into industrial waste dumps under part of a federal regulation called the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations.
- This regulation creates a national list of lakes that will become industrial waste dumps.
- Originally intended to grandfather 5 already-wasted lakes, this list has expanded to 19 water bodies in a few short years. When will this stop??
- Wasting lakes for metal mines is a practice that allows government and industry to solve one environmental problem by creating another.