Intercontinental Cry

The Mushkegowuk Environmental Research Centre (MERC) has produced a video report that examines the issue of PCB contamination within the Traditional Territory of the Mushkegowuk Council, which represents 7 Indigenous communities in northern Ontario. Abandoned military radar sites along the “Mid Canada Line” have been steadily spilling PCB’s (and other toxic substances) on their land for the last 40 years.

During the Cold War, three separate lines of defense were constructed across Canada: The DEW (Distant Early Warning) line, which consisted of 58 sites along the 70th parallel; the Mid Canada Line, 90 unmanned sites across the 55th parallel; and the Pinetree Line, roughly 35 sites across the 50th parallel.

Briefly examined in this 2004 petition to the Auditor General of Canada - concerning the Mushkegowuk there are 16 nearby abandoned radar sites that are contaminating the surrounding region’s soil, …