Toronto Artist Gillian Genser spent years sculpting with mussel shells before learning they were poison - The Washington Post
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Toronto sculptor, 59, gets heavy-metal poisoning after spending 15 years with mussel shells | Daily Mail Online
I was poisoned by my art' | Artist Gillian Genser worked on a sculpture for 15 years. Little did she know the materials she uses - shells, skulls and desiccated fish gills -
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Toronto sculptor, 59, gets heavy-metal poisoning after spending 15 years with mussel shells | Daily Mail Online
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Toronto sculptor Gillian Genser's new work depicts our connection to the environment, and one another - The Globe and Mail
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