"But the evidence suggests that surface and groundwater supplies are being tainted. An internal government memo prepared for Canada’s Natural Resources Minister in June 2012 describes how geoscientist Martine Savard and 18 colleagues detected “potentially harmful, mining-related organic acid contaminants in the groundwater outside a long-established... tailings pond.” In the study, Savard and colleagues suggest that acids may be reaching the Athabasca River in small amounts." e360.yale.edu/feature/with_tar_sands_development_growing_concern_on_water_use/2672/
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:52:13 +0000
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