A provincial report showing no spike in cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan is considered inadequate by the community's only doctor and medical examiner.
O'Connor accuses Alberta Health of rushing the report to have it ready in time for the hearings into the Suncor expansion.
He says he was told it would take months to do a comprehensive study, not weeks.
He was not contacted for information, nor were the area's First Nations communities, he said. Without community input or involvement, the process has not been transparent, he added.
However, a spokesperson for Alberta Health said the department recognized the problem and reached its conclusion after cross-referencing other databases to look for unusual cancer cases.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2006/07/25/doctor-fortchip.htmlIn the audio portion the Doctor said that they were "compelled" to issue the report. He didn't think that it was a great reason.
Notice that there was no "spike".
Appears that unusual cases are normal now. Guess that the distribution is now normal as well.