The data was collected by two senior provincial government scientists who conducted research into the impact of windblown dust from mines in British Columbia…
The data was collected by two senior provincial government scientists who conducted research into the impact of windblown dust from mines in British Columbia on a pristine Alberta alpine lake. They recently published a paper concluding that sediments in Window Lake are as contaminated as lakes downwind from the oilsands.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
Under a heading “Next Steps,” the released documents say: “Proposeto conduct additional lake sediment and snow sampling.” Bill Donahue is another independent scientist in B.C. and former head of Alberta’s Environmental Monitoring and Science Division. He hasn’t seen the snowpack research.Article content
The paper on sediments in Window Lake, published in November in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, came to disturbing conclusions.Article content
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