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BC Environmental Disaster – Mt. Polley Dam Breach: Estimated 1.5 million sockeye bound for fouled Quesnel Lake

“This is one of the greatest environmental disasters we’ve had on the Fraser,” Orr said. “Some of the effluent will be getting in the Fraser. The big question is how concentrated, how harmful it will be. Some of these compounds have short term impacts and some have much longer term impacts.” <Read more here> 08:56