[Ost-news] Fish death in oil patch (a closed Syncrude mine)

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Fish death in oil patch

By GABRIEL ZARATE, SRJ Reporter 02.JUL.08

Alberta Environment is investigating an unexplained fish die-off in a reservoir in the Athabasca oil patch. The reservoir was built in the 1970s to divert the waters of Beaver Creek away from a nearby Syncrude oil sands mine, which is no longer active.  
“There is no evidence that the incident was caused by contamination from that site,” said Alberta Environment spokesperson Cheryl Robb.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/fish-death-oil-patch-a-closed-syncrude-mine

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