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Alberta to probe aboriginal health near oilsands
CBC News
Last Updated: Sep 29, 2011 1:39 PM ET
The Alberta government has agreed to study the health of aboriginal people and their communities downstream from the province's oilsands developments.
?Our Chief and Council, in partnership with leadership from the Fort McKay Metis Community, have expressed for quite some time now that there is a great need to conduct a health assessment study of our community," said Raymond Powder, deputy chief of the Fort McKay First Nation.
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Concerns were first raised in 2006 about elevated cancer rates in communities near the oilsands mines. A provincial government study released in 2009 confirmed the trend and recommended more analysis into possible causes.
It will be the first time ever the province has studied the health of an entire community...
Full text:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/09/29/edmonton-fort-mckay-health-oilsands.html?cmp=rss
CBC News
Last Updated: Sep 29, 2011 1:39 PM ET
The Alberta government has agreed to study the health of aboriginal people and their communities downstream from the province's oilsands developments.
?Our Chief and Council, in partnership with leadership from the Fort McKay Metis Community, have expressed for quite some time now that there is a great need to conduct a health assessment study of our community," said Raymond Powder, deputy chief of the Fort McKay First Nation.
...
Concerns were first raised in 2006 about elevated cancer rates in communities near the oilsands mines. A provincial government study released in 2009 confirmed the trend and recommended more analysis into possible causes.
It will be the first time ever the province has studied the health of an entire community...
Full text:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/09/29/edmonton-fort-mckay-health-oilsands.html?cmp=rss