Syncrude....not ok!

It is a bit of a bizarre feeling when I'm watching or hearing about the disastrous company Syncrude, that mines oil from the Alberta Tar Sands. My Uncle has worked for Syncrude for 30 years an recently retired. He worked in Aboriginal relations in the work area. I was embarrassed when I first read about the toxic pond that killed all those ducks...and then we discussed in class as well as watched a video on the toxic Tar Sands. This was a company that I never knew really a lot about, which might reflect on my relationship with my uncle. Now as I'm older and care more about the world around me, more and more do I learn about the scary things out there that are worse than the boogey man in the closet! Fort McMurry as a "boom town" is new to me, and even the allegations that toxins are causing cancers in the Aboriginals that live near by. Sometimes I think that I would like to go back to when I was a kid and didn't have a worry in the world, but now I know that it is my job today to make sure that MY kids that I may have one day don't have to worry ABOUT the world.