B.C. government quietly posts response to expert fracking report
Notably absent from the government’s news release — posted on its website Thursday but strangely not sent out to media — is any commitment to investigate the human health impacts of fracking in the province’s northeast.
The issue was flagged by Dawson Creek doctors as a potential cause for concern after they saw patients with symptoms they could not explain, including nosebleeds, respiratory illnesses and rare cancers, as well as a surprising number of glioblastomas, a malignant brain cancer.
The independent scientific review did not include an examination of the public health implications of fracking, in keeping with the government’s quiet assurance to the industry lobby group Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers that the hot button issue would not be included in the panel’s mandate.
With all the talk about global warming and the Paris Agreement, it's hard to believe that F7 countries are still pouring billions into fossil fuel development. Not only will it affect our health, but it's destroying the planet. I thought, the last couple of elections, a lot of us were trying to vote in politicians who shared environmental concerns with Canadians. It seems we were duped.