Cancer Patient in Alberta Tar Sands

Cancer patient Emma Michael at her home in Fort Chipewyan, northern Alberta.
She survived an aggressive breast cancer tumor and believes that her cancer was caused by increased levels of pollution to the air and water downstream from the tar sands sites.

Unique identifier: GP026OW

Type: Image

Shoot date: 22/07/2009

Locations: Alberta, Canada, Fort Chipewyan, North America

Credit line: © Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

Containers

Shoot:

Tar Sands & Boreal Forest - Alberta (2 of 3)

Buried below the Boreal Forest of northern Alberta is 3rd largest proven reserve of oil known as the tar sands. Deposits of tar sands are spread out over 138 000 km2 of land (an area the size of Florida) and including 4.3 million hectares of the Boreal Forest. Tar sands are solid at room temperature so it requires more energy and water to extract this oil, making them one of the dirtiest oils on the planet.

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Tar Sands Documentation in Canada (All Photographers & Videos)

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