An official with Harvard University says the provincial government got things wrong when it said a Harvard research lab would be conducting a new study on methylmercury levels near Muskrat Falls. "That's not the sort of work that Professor Sunderland does or would do," Assistant Dean for Communications Paul Karoff told CBC. There are firms and people who do that sort of thing but that's not the sort of science she does." He insists her research was in no way commissioned for Nunatsiavut, Nalcor or the provincial government. Trimper said Nunatsiavut sent the proposal to the province, with the names of Harvard researchers attached and that funding was requested to go forward with the study.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2016 01:41 UTC