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Dust Control |Oilsands production could be a ‘human threat’
December 26th, 2009 | 
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Alberta’s oilsands are pumping the equivalent of a major oil spill into the Athabasca watershed every year, says an independent report.
The research study, published yesterday in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, suggests toxic emissions from the oilsands are nearly five times as high and cover twice as much area than reported by Suncor and Syncrude.
Dr. David Schindler, one of the report’s authors, said the results show that better monitoring is needed and more remedial measures need to be taken to ensure the health of those living along the Athabasca River and its tributaries.
"I think the human threat is already there," he said yesterday.
"We’re hoping when the government sees this, they’ll make efforts to upgrade their monitoring programs and we’re hoping to develop a model that the government will pick up and execute."
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