Sydney Tar Ponds Remediation

• Published in: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
• Main Authors: Liu, Fan, Bryson, Ken A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2009
• Subjects: General Engineering; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Breton Island; Canada
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0270467609342712; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0270467609342712

The infamous “Sydney Tar Ponds” are well known as one of the largest toxic waste sites of Canada, due to almost 100 years of steelmaking in Sydney, a once beautiful and peaceful city located on the east side of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. This article begins with a contextual overview of the Ta...