selenium

Kootenai Tribe, Idaho Conservation League say selenium pollution from British Columbia coal mines pose risk to fish, human health.

After receiving no answer by the end of the summer, the Ktunaxa Nation, including the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, have set a November deadline for a meeting between the U.S., Canada and tribes to discuss the selenium pollution in the Elk and Kootanei rivers caused by Canadian coal mines.

Montana has set limits on the amount of selenium pollution in Lake Koocanusa that comes from Canadian coal mines, and now, an international commission may add more information and funding to the issue.