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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (11199)	9/1/2010 11:40:39 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24225

September 1, 2010 at 8:52 am CALGARY, Alberta — Oil sands operations are polluting the Athabasca River system, researchers said Monday, contradicting the Alberta government’s assertions that toxins in the watershed are naturally occurring. In a study likely to add more fuel to the environmental battle over Canada’s oil sands development, researchers said mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium are among 13 toxins being released into the Athabasca, which flows north through the region’s major oil sands operations. The findings of the study, coauthored by University of Alberta biological scientists Erin Kelly and David Schindler, should be a signal for the Alberta provincial government to finally consider limits on oil sands development, Schindler said. msnbc.msn.com id/ 38922487/ ns/ world_news-americas/