Syncrude knew ducks were landing on tailings pond
Posted Apr 22, 2010 9:44 am.
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Syncrude trial documents show the company knew birds had been landing on its tailings ponds before more than 1,600 ducks died in the sludge.
The papers detailed interviews done with about 20 Syncrude employees.
One worker e-mailed his concern at the number of complaints being received about birds landing in the tailings pond.
He wrote that his unit would send someone to put out cannons to deter the birds.
But a week later, hundreds of ducks were found coated in thick, black goo in the pond.
Syncrude has pleaded not guilty to both provincial and federal charges.
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