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Studies find Alberta oil sands development not a major source of long-distance air and water pollution
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 17:50
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Oil sands digger (Photo credit: . Shell)
[h/t to Andrew] Oil sands development in northern Alberta isn’t polluting the nearby Peace-Athabasca Delta via the air and water to the extent many may believe, two recently published University of Waterloo research studies have found.
The research revealed that Alberta oil sands emissions haven’t increased the amount of metal and organic contaminants travelling via the atmosphere to the delta, located 200 km north of the oil sands industry. And it determined that oil sands mining activity hasn’t measurably increased the delivery of organic contaminants to shallow delta lakes via the Athabasca River.
2012-10-16 17:40:10
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