The MP for St. John's East has a solution to concerns over the higher levels of toxic methylmercury expected from flooding of the Muskrat Falls reservoir: eat less fish. Just measure MeHg [methylmercury] levels, eat less fish while MeHg are too high, and compensate," he tweeted on Sunday. Just measure MeHg levels, eat less fish while MeHg levels are too high, and compensate. Labrador doctor Andrew Bresnahan pointed out that McCurdy's statement was a reflection of protesters' call for the entire reservoir to be clearcut to mitigate the rise of methylmercury levels. "For fish in the reservoir, I think we would generally expect levels to rise high enough that we would consider advising people not to eat fish that often," said Bennett.

Source: CBC News October 24, 2016 11:28 UTC