Environmental damage affects the health and well-being of First Nations and Inuit peoples in three central ways Industry and resource development projects release environmental contaminants which pose hazards to human health into the air, water and soil . The availability and purity of traditional foods and medicines are diminished as a result of industrial contamination and the disruption of wildlife habitat. The ensuing erosion of traditional ways of life dependent on the purity of the land, the water and all living things, constitutes an assault on Aboriginal mental and spiritual health and deepens the processes of cultural disruption. Environmental Damage and Aboriginal Health by Susan Judith Ship niichro/Environ/Enviro1.html
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