New confirmation that hydrocarbon-derived contaminants, known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), have polluted the landscape surrounding tar sands operations [Photo National Geographic Magazine]

 


Federal Study Reignites Pollution Concern in Expanding Tar Sands Region (via Desmogblog)

Dr. David Schindler, the scientist who sounded the alarm on tar sands contamination back in 2010, has suddenly found his research backed by an Environment Canada study recently published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The federal study, which confirmed Schindler…