YELLOWKNIFE – A northern regulatory board has raised doubts about federal plans to clean up a massive, arsenic-laden mess at Yellowknife’s defunct Giant Mine.
The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review boards says the government must look for a better way to deal with 250,000 tonnes of arsenic stored underground at the former gold mine on the shores of Great Slave Lake.
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The government is proposing to keep the poison frozen underground – forever.
The board wants detailed risk and human health assessments.
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And it says the cleanup must be managed independently from government.
Recent estimates say cleaning up the surface and toxins below ground would cost nearly $1 billion, all of it borne by taxpayers.
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