Just one week after Al Jazeera discovered that regulatory responsibility for Alberta, Canada’s controversial tar sands would be handed over to a fossil-fuel funded corporation, federal scientists have found that the area’s viscous petroleum deposits are surrounded by a nearly 7,500-square-mile ring of mercury. Canadian government scientists have
Scientists Find 7,300-Mile Mercury Contamination ‘Bullseye’ Around Canadian Tar Sands
Mercury levels around tar sands oil operations are 16 times higher than normal regional levels.