Leech Lake Case

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Our bodies need nutrients in order to survive and live a healthy life. Most, if not all of our essential nutrients come from one’s consume on a regular basis. What if it the foods that we eat on a regular basis were at risk of contamination by a chemical that has the ability to cause harm to the human body? What if I told you that the government allows the foods to be sold on the market that shows traces of this chemical? Well, sorry to break to news to you but this is the case and the name of the chemical is dioxin. A situation took place in Cass Lake, where a portion of land possessed dioxin-contaminated land with reservation boundaries. The land has seen the involvement of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Leech Lake

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