Physician group calls for rejection of Teck Frontier project citing potential health concerns

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) is calling on the federal government to reject a proposed oilsands mine project in northern Alberta due to uncertainty regarding the potential impact on the health of the local community. In its Feb. 3 letter to the prime minister and the minister of environment and climate change, CAPE expressed its disappointment with the government's dismissal of community concerns regarding potential increases in cancer rates, food contaminati