In terms of the mechanism through which pollutants from the oil sands or from other sources would reach the first nations people of Fort Chipewyan, there are a lot of question marks. To your knowledge, have there been comprehensive tests of the drinking water that comes out of the water filtration plants there? Would these tests have tested for heavy metals and so on, or would they just test for bacteria and viruses that can be killed with chlorine? Have they done exhaustive testing on the drinking water from the filtration plant?
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