Unresolved water advisories creating ‘health emergency’ for First Nations – The Globe and Mail
Dec. 06, 2015
This story is part of Headwaters, a series on the future of our most critical resource
Gloria Atlookan’s three children have never known what it’s like to drink a glass of water straight from their taps at home.
They are becoming teenagers, a time when grooming is important. But Ms. Atlookan will not allow them to bathe more than once every two or three days.
She’s seen what washing the skin has done to other children living at the Neskantaga First Nation, an Ontario fly-in community nearly 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay. Sores and rashes spread across their arms, legs, bellies and faces.
