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Jacob Chamberlain

BP spill at tar sands refinery has 'crapped up' Lake Michigan

Company with tarnished past doubling tar sands processing near major water source.

Neurotoxic "bull's-eye" surrounds Canadian tar sands, scientists say

Concentric circles of mercury and other toxic materials cover over 7,300 square miles.