Blame Canada!

The Canadians are contaminating our lakes with toxic heavy metals:

SPOKANE, Wash. - Most of the lead, cadmium and other heavy metals pollution sampled from Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir behind the Grand Coulee Dam, came from a smelter in Trail, British Columbia, according to a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The report comes as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is testing international law by demanding that Teck Cominco Ltd., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, pay to clean up decades of pollution on the U.S. side of the border.
Teck Cominco has refused to submit to EPA authority, saying the agency has no power over a Canadian company operating in Canada. The company's lead and zinc smelter is located about 10 miles north of border, along the Columbia River.
The State Department has initiated talks with Canadian officials, hoping to settle the dispute.

Canada has signed the Kyoto Protocols and claims to be a "green" nation. Why would they not remediate their hazardous waste mess? As someone who is in the remediation business, I know what the effects on the environment are from these heavy metals and the potential effects on humans, especially children.