Eva Holland gives an angst-ridden narrative of the dangers of Giant Mine. Her family was involved in the mine, and her fear is very real.
Whether he helped or hurt or both, I’m left with the stubborn fact that five members of my family lived at Giant during some of its most toxic years, and only two survived past the age of sixty. On a much larger scale, the Yellowknives Dene are left to wonder exactly how much harm was done to them. How many lives shortened, how many cancerous cells metastasized, how many heart walls weakened?
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