London Mining Network

Holding the mining industry to account

The Other Oil Disaster: Cancer and Canada’s Tar Sands

Posted on | May 18, 2010 | Comments Off

I can’t blame you if you’ve never heard of “Ft. Chip” – after all, there are only 1000 residents, and it’s only accessible by plane or boat. But you should hear about it, because what happens there will affect all of us.  The town has been suffering for more than ten years from surprisingly high rates of cancer.

See http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/gsolomon/the_other_oil_disaster_cancer.html.

Share this:
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • MySpace
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Technorati
  • Reddit
  • Ping.fm
  • email