[Ost-news] New report finds elevated arsenic risk in Fort Chipewyan

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New report finds elevated arsenic risk in Fort Chipewyan

By MATTHEW HEINDL  
Fort McMurray Today staff  
Friday November 09, 2007

A new study that claims high levels of arsenic and mercury are in the Athabasca River has many calling for a halt to oilsands growth, but two Alberta government departments are not supporting its findings.  
More than 70 people in Fort Chipewyan met Wednesday night to hear Dr. Kevin Timoney of Treeline Ecological Research deliver his findings on river sediment deposits downstream of the oilsands.

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