For the Record

The Economist's toxics statement is wrong

On Thursday, January 15, 2009, The Economist made this statement in an article about oil sands extraction: "At some projects, leaks of toxic material have polluted waterways."

For the record:

Alberta has monitored and tested Athabasca watercourses for decades; all of our data indicates no evidence of contamination from the oil sands projects. For more information, see http://environment.gov.ab.ca/info/faqs/faq5-oil_sands.asp