No health concerns over soil from Fort McMurray after fire: government tests
EDMONTON — A wildfire that levelled some parts of the Alberta city of Fort McMurray left few contaminants behind in the soil, suggest the latest government tests.
The results, the first released on soil from neighbourhoods that were burned over in May, found isolated spots where hydrocarbons are above levels that would be expected to cause environmental damage.
But none of those levels was above the threshold that would hurt human health and Alberta Environment spokeswoman Jessica Lucenko said the hydrocarbons may not have even been a result of the fire.
“It could be naturally occurring. It could be from the addition of peat,” she said Monday.