Oil Sands Development: A Health Risk Worth Taking?
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P itched battles are a regular occurrence in northern Alberta, Canada, as development of the province's oil sands continues to expand. One ongoing battle—with another salvo launched in February 2011 with the leak of a European Commission report 1 —concerns how dirty oil sands are, relative to other fuels. Another concerns the influence of the oil sands industry in monitoring its own activity. 2...
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