Feb 8, 2009

High cancer rates confirmed near oil sands

ALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Health officials in Alberta confirmed on Friday that there are more cases of cancer than expected in a small aboriginal village downstream from the Canadian province's massive oil sands plants, but they said there was no cause for residents to be alarmed.
. . .the study found 47 individuals in the community had 51 different cancers over the 1995 to 2006 study period, more that the 39 cases health officials had expected to find. Read full via news.yahoo.com


Any correlation?...

Suncor oil sands production up

Suncor hopes to produce of 300,000 bpd each month this year, compared with an average 228,000 bpd last year, according to company reports.