STOP MINES FROM USING CANADA’S PRISTINE WATERWAYS AS WASTE DUMPS

Mining companies are discarding their toxic leftovers in our lakes right now! Tail Lake (Nunavut) and Scully-Wabush Lake (Newfoundland) have already been approved and the federal government is reviewing applications to okay 14 more.

Decisions on eight bodies of water will be made by the end of this year. Visit here for a map and list of all the mines/lakes currently under review.

Act now. Write your political representatives and tell them the use of natural, fish-bearing waters as mine dumps is not an option.

Industry had other disposal options. These lakes must not be sacrificed.

Trout Pond and Duck Pond (near Buchans, Newfoundland) were approved for destruction in this way in 2006. These lakes used to contain Atlantic salmon and brook trout and were also home to otters. They are now essentially biological dead zones.

Since then, the requests from the international mining industry to use Canadian waters for their toxic waste disposal have increased at an alarming rate. Why? Because it would save them tens of millions of dollars in operating costs over the life of their mine.  Why build and maintain a tailings pond if you can simply dispose of your waste in a natural lake basin?

Let’s keep Canada’s precious water resources clean! Write to the decision makers today!