[news] Study Proves It: Tar Sands Operations Poisoning Athabasca Basin, Fort Chipewyan

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

High levels of cancer-causing toxins are being found in areas downstream of Fort McMurray's oilsands, says a study commissioned by residents of Alberta's oldest community.

Waters in Fort Chipewyan contain high levels of arsenic, the fish are contaminated with high levels of mercury and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - another pollutant - are higher than they should be, said Kevin Timoney.

  


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