Tar Sands in northern Alberta, where Native band councils work with industry and benefit from the toxic destruction of their environment.
Deeply frustrated by provincial denials of health concerns, two First Nations commissioned their own study using out-of-province university researchers to examine oil sands pollutants in their foods.
by Mychaylo Prystupa, Vancouver Observer,July 8th, 2014
Two northern Alberta First Nations downstream of massive oil sands smoke plumes and tailing ponds released a human health study Monday, implicating the growth of the industry to many serious Aboriginal health concerns, including cancer.
The worry? Oil sands pollution is contaminating their wild food.
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