RELEASE: Canada must assess toxicity of tailings pond chemicals, enviro groups argue

Environmental groups say the Government of Canada is failing to meet its legal responsibilities by exempting tailings pond chemicals from a recent screening assessment. In a comment letter sent to Health Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada on behalf of Environmental Defence and Keepers of the Athabasca on Oct. 17, Ecojustice lawyers called on the government to reconsider naphthenic acids from oil sands process-affected water in assessing whether these chemicals should be regulated under law.

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» Letter from Ecojustice to Environment and Climate Change Canada (5MB PDF)