The following remarks were given by Jimmy Beardy from York Factory First Nation at the Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: York Factory First Nation.
“In regards to our people, boils have been detected in some of them. Is this due to the quality of the water? Rashes are breaking out on peoples’ hands. Is this due to the quality of the water? Bladder infections are being detected in some of our people, even in a nine year old. Is this due to the quality of water? Newborn babies get sores and rashes when they’re in York Landing, yet these sores and rashes go away when the babies are out of York Landing. Is it due to the quality of the water.” – Jimmy Beardy, York Factory First Nation
Testimony of Jimmy Beardy from York Factory First Nation. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: York Factory First Nation. (November 8, 2017). Transcript of Hearings Held at York Landing, MB. Page 16-17. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/regional-cumulative-effects-assesment/doc/Transcripts/RCEAYorkLanding.pdf
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