FDSC 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Muskrat Falls, Muskrat, Food Security

• School: McGill University
• Department: Food Science
• Course: FDSC 230
• Professor: Varoujan Yaylayan

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February 1st: watch video posted on mycourses *** Guest lecture: 60"s hydro (cid:271)uilt, falls i(cid:374) i(cid:374)uit (cid:374)atio(cid:374) la(cid:374)d. mer(cid:272)ury le(cid:448)els (cid:449)ere higher tha(cid:374) esti(cid:373)ated (cid:271)y gov, main water supplied would be affected by non-efficient clear land. Hunting and fishing can be lost: response crown corporation, monitor mercure level. Bad because food commercial in north is expensive. Huge issues foos insecurities, 60% of household struggle to have food security, 84% struggle in certain communities: communitites food insecure reliant on traditional ways to be food secure vs have government to tell them to eat less fish. Building dam, takes away ability to be self-sufficient in region. Eating country food, mercury in food leading to health problems: resistance timeline: Gov of new founland want to sell electricity to usa and other mainland (economic (cid:862)(cid:373)ake (cid:373)ustrat right(cid:863) (cid:272)a(cid:373)paig(cid:374), (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374) (cid:374)ot respo(cid:374)ded. good out of situation). 2012; worry about mercury level. nov 2013 local gov partner with harvard for study.