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Does the Alberta Tar Sands Industry Pollute? The Scientific Evidence
By: Open Conservation Biology | Dr. Kevin Timoney | Peter Lee
Published: October 2009
The extent to which pollution from tar sands industrial activities in northeastern Alberta, Canada affects ecosystem and human health is a matter of growing concern that is exacerbated by uncertainty. In this paper we determine whether physical and ecological changes that result from tar sands industrial activities are detectable. We analyze a diverse set of environmental data on water and sediment chemistry, contaminants in wildlife, air emissions, pollution incidents, traditional ecological observations, human health, and landscape changes from the Athabasca Tar Sands region, Canada.
Tagged with: public health, global forest watch, environmental health, pollution
