Boreal wildfires are, yet again, raging near historical smelting toxic metal pollution sources. The peatlands, forests, and lakes near Flin Flon MB have elevated toxic metals (e.g. Hg, As, Pb) that current wildfires can remobilize to our air, land, and water (similar to tinyurl.com/yv7usr6b). 1/2
Globally-significant arsenic release by wildfires in a mining-impacted boreal landscape, Sutton, O F, McCarter, C P R, Waddington, J M
