Friday, March 19, 2010
Fort Chipewyan cancer study Responses
First we have one that is pretty much from Alberta health's point of view posted right below. They are trying to re-assure the people that the numbers are not as high as they have been reported to be, to keep calm, and that the cause is still undetermined.
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/500.asp
Next then we have one from Fort Chipewyan First Nations who argue that they cannot trust the study since "the local community's health board and health professionals weren't asked for their input on the study" (quote from the article link below).
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=4e7e9107-a3a9-43bf-bf17-a0358a83453c
After reading both articles I find myself agreeing with the people of Fort Chipewyan since regulation of the oil sands has been an issue for a couple of years now and nothing has been done. Instead it has been business as they have seen fit. On the other hand I also feel sorry for the Alberta health care people since they are cleaning up someone else mess. I just hope that they can prove that it is the oils ands fault so some sort of reimbursement can take place to help those families cope.
Fort Chip Residents Confront Stelmach on Tar Sands Poisoning of their People
Government's lie
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Fort Chip research
I'm not sure if any of you have directly looked into the stats of how many people in Fort Chip are affected by this or have cancer. I was really surprised when I read this research paper by the number of people affected by this. According to that paper overall there was 51 cancers found within 47 individuals when it was only expected to be 39 cancers. They found many different cancer cases such as Cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile ducts), biliary tract cancers, and colon cancers, cancers of the blood and lymphatic system, lung cancer and soft tissue cancer. When I was reading all this information I was astonished that government officials were not putting all their effort into trying to affect or change this at all. It makes me think that the government doesn't care as much as they say they do.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Wildlife and water
http://mostlywater.org/study_proves_it_tar_sands_operations_poisoning_athabasca_basin_fort_chipewyan
The town that lives off the land
http://www.nodirtyenergy.org/index.php?Itemid=160&id=112&option=com_content&task=view