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Canadian Agency Urges Stricter Rules for Oil Sands Water Removal

Study reflects concern that industry's massive appetite for water threatens the health of Alberta's Lower Athabasca River

Oct 26, 2010
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Because of that "we see very little in the way of barriers to just moving this forward," Maas said, adding that there should be a "robust research and monitoring process" established to revisit the cutoff limit "when new and better data arises."

Image: University of Alberta

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Carcinogen Levels in Oil Sands Waste Water Increasing, Canada Admits

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