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of aromatic hydrocarbons,

heavy metals such as arsenic,

mercury,

cadmium, zinc, iron,

naphthenic acids, etc..

There is an incredible variety

of organic compounds

present in the bitumen,

that eventually gets

into the settling ponds

and into the air.

Every tailings pond

in the sand reagion leaks.

Every tank leaks

every day, 24 hours a day.

The best studied tailings pond

is the Tar Island - Pond 1

and that is situated

at the worst place

on the banks of the river,

It leaks 67 liters of

toxic tailing water per second.

Draining 67 liters

into the river every second.

That is only one tailings pond

and thats is one of the less toxic.

In the middle 80's,

There was an environmental assessment

of the seepage management of that dam

And the Great Canadian Oil Sands,

Suncor, was obliged

to collect all the fluids

escaping from the drains

and put it back in the ponds.

However,

there are still some leaks

flowing into the river.

Only tens of

liter per second,

but it is closely monitored

to determine the impact

on fish

and small invertebrates.

No impact was detected.

But I think it

is the biggest problem

connected to the seepage

in the river today.

There were a couple here

who died last winter..

The wife died of cancer,

and the man didnt want to live.

He died in February

and she died in October.

We came here on the rocks.

We took a hook

and a long pole,

and we caught

what we call link cod.

There was a lot.

We were fishing 50 to 100 per night.

We have already done enough

harm nature.

Leave her alone...

It's hard for me to accept

there are problems

with fish.

This one has a large

cyst on the side.

You are doing this

by putting stuff in the river.

They must provide us with an address

where we can send you samples

to show you the results of

your actions on the fish.

How can you

send them the fish?

I called and talked

with some Dan.

I said, "How am I supposed

to send it?"

He said,

Preserve it in formaldehyde.

I don't have anything like that.

In my opinion,

government of

Alberta has no clue

as to the state of the

Athabasca River.

They continue to give

permits for water licence,

for projects that requires

to use millions

of cubic meters

of water per project.

The people in the community

believe there is clearly

a problem with water.

Many of our people

dying of rare cancers

according to our doctor,

should not exist here

There are so many

for such a small community.

Naturally, local authorities

were forced

to investigate,

independent of those

Government and Industry

because all their studies

say that everything is fine here.

But when they bury

That's incredible.

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