Silencing the scienists - a threat to Democracy

Federal scientists have uncovered evidence that contaminants wafting out of Alberta's oilsands operations are collecting on the bottom of remote lakes up to 100 kilometres away.

The chemical "legacy" in the lake sediments indicates that oilsands pollution is travelling further than expected and has been for decades.

"The footprint of the deposition is potentially larger than we might have anticipated," says Derek Muir, a senior Environment Canada scientist, who will present the findings Wednesday at an international toxicology conference in the U.S. where the oilsands are a hot topic.

A team led by federal scientist Jane Kirk, also of Environment Canada, will report that snow within 50 kilometres of oilsands operations is contaminated with a long list of "priority pollutants" including a neurotoxin that "bioaccumulates" in food webs.


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Scientists+uncover+evidence+oilsands+pollution+travels+further+than+anticipated/7545452/story.html#ixzz2M1tNdbIk

Yes fellow Canadians your Harper Government tried to bury this report and hopes that if they remain silent, the World will forget ..... I hope not.

Federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault is being asked to formally investigate the way the Harper government has been “muzzling” and restricting access to federal scientists.

The request, accompanied with a report on the government’s “systematic efforts” to obstruct access to researchers, was made jointly on Wednesday by the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria and Democracy Watch, a national non-profit group.

http://www.canada.com/technology/Information+commissioner+called+upon+probe+muzzling+federal+scientists/7990235/story.html

WAKE UP CANADA