There go those fish and everything thats coming upstream is dead!

The way to tell how badly fish and foodstuffs are contaminated by the Polley disaster is instead doing an exposure assessment using food safety guidelines for the contaminants of concern: e.g. arsenic, selenium, lead, nickel, etc.

So one would assess the amount of contaminants in fish, and look at total yearly consumption rates - look at contaminants in blood and fat and flesh - and compare those values to established benchmarks. See: http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/sc-hc/H128-1-11-641-eng.pdf An example of such a completed exposure assessment can be found at: http://www.unbc.ca/sites/default/files/assets/chan/ste_2005_oostdam.pdf

This methodology is VERY different than spouting that water quality were maintained - and I am VERY sure that the regulators and the associated provincial communications branch and PR firms VERY well know the difference. It looks like the First Nations Health Authority scoped-out the potential impacts - but didn't follow through with a similar scientific exposure assessment at: http://www.fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-Mount-Polley-Mine-HIA-SSP-Report.pdf

Preliminary fish testing results from 2014 were listed at: http://www.fnha.ca/about/news-and-events/news/mount-polley-mine-communique-8

Looks like no follow-up tests were posted - if done.

In related news - Tech Cominco gave the BC Liberals $2,064,264 between 2005 and 2016: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...following-the-money-in-b-c-politics-1.4076285
 
I think that we should re-name this thread to triplenickle / agentaqua marathon... :eek:

How about giving it a rest guys, it seems like this has spilled over from the recently locked thread? Perhaps you should each head to your respective corners of the proverbial sand box and give it a bit of a break? :cool:
 
If pursuing FA charges as a Summary Conviction the statute of limitations is two years from the time the Crown becomes aware of the offence. If pursuing FA charges as an Indictment there is no limit. I do not believe the Crown can proceed under indictment for any legislation other than the FA - i.e. Charges can no longer be laid for contravention of Provincial Mining or Environmental legislations but can still be pursued for contravention of the FA.

Cheers!

Ukee
That's how it was explained to me by those involved.
 
Shuswap, I have also read that there is a quickly approaching deadline for charges to be laid in the Mount Polley spill. You have far more confidence than me that this wrong is ever going to be righted. I have the feeling a the mine is never going to be charged/convicted, and taxpayers will sadly be left with a huge portion of the clean up costs.
See Ukee's comments....

I wasn't commenting because I was confident about this wrong being righted. I was responding to the developing narrative here and in some media that no charges would ever be laid by governmental agencies. The answer is that we don't know that yet because the investigation is still ongoing. How this gets "righted" I guess depends on what the public's expectation is out of all this. For Quesnel Lake, it's still too early to predict what will happen - long term that is.
 
Estimated cleanup costs for Alberta’s mines jumps to $23.2-billion
Kelly Cryderman
CALGARY — The Globe and Mail Published Friday, May 05, 2017
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...s-mines-jumps-to-232-billion/article34912511/

The head guy oil minister of Norway was invited to speak in Alberta. I do not think anyone was prepared for what he was going to say ...literally "Alberta has been f****d" https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=alberta+can+be+like+norway
 
Agent... I hope (this new government) finds you in the draft... the remnants of our plundered natural resources could use your kind of dedication. There is no bigger fight to fight. Thanks...
 
Mount Polley Disaster Brought Quick Government PR Response, Documents Show
Three-year-old FOI request reveals early belief laws broken and co-ordination with mine owner.
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By Jeremy J. Nuttall Today | TheTyee.ca
https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/07/14/Mount-Polley-Disaster-Government-PR-Response/
 
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