greenstate
blog
RSS FEED
Canadian Village Calls for End to Oil Sand Projects
Nov 12th, 2007 by Administrator |

Reuters: A small aboriginal village downstream from Alberta’s massive oil sands plants is calling for a moratorium on new projects in the region after a study found high levels of heavy metals and carcinogens in its fish and drinking water. The village of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, a one-time trading post on the northeast shore of Lake Athabasca with a population of 1,400, says oil sands developments may be responsible for rare types of cancer in the community, poor water quality and other …

Posted in general |

Comments are closed.

  • Blogroll

    • Carthik
    • climate
    • EPA
    • Healthcare Information
    • ipcc
    • Mad Dog
    • Mr. mustard
    • Since the flood
    • Sugar Daddy
  • Categories

    • general
    • International

Wordpress Theme designed by Komiradgreenstate © 2008