1. Soil pollution/case location: ATHABASCA OIL SANDS, AB

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22 million hectares

How many hectares are estimated to be affected by soil pollution globally?

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Heavy metals, Nitrogen and Phosphorus, Pesticides, POPs, Radionuclides, Emerging pollutants

What are the major pollutants in the soil?

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The Athabasca oil sands, located in Canada

Which region has the 3rd largest oil reserves globally, following Venezuela and Saudi Arabia?

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$108 billion

How much did the Athabasca oil sands contribute in direct real GDP in 2019 in Canada?

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In 2017 it created 528,000 direct and indirect jobs

How many jobs did the oil sands create?

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Studies have found emissions to the atmosphere of NOx, SO2, PM, VOCs, CO, CO2 and other pollutants

Because of the oil sands what has been found in the atmosphere?

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heavy metals including mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium

Studies have found what other heavy metals being released into the soil and the Athabasca River?