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Uranium mining and market mayhem | GoDanRiver

Uranium mining and market mayhem

goDanRiver.com 10 Oct 08 TERRY ANDREWS, R.N. I find it interesting that most of the letters that favor uranium mining seem to be written by people who are VUI investors or employees. In other words, by people who stand to reap significant financial gains if uranium is mined and milled at the Coles Hill site in Pittsylvania County.

The people that oppose uranium mining are spending their own money and countless hours trying to educate the public on the dangers of uranium mining and milling — and they don’t get paid to do that. They, like me, do it because they love Virginia and don’t want their land, water, livestock and health destroyed………………………….

a physician was quoted as saying that there is a higher incidence of cancers (lung, bone and blood), kidney problems and birth defects in areas where uranium is mined. He was endorsing a resolution in Colorado that opposes uranium mining “in geographical areas that are utilized by the farming or ranching communities or where there are human residents, due to the adverse health conditions associated with the mining process …”

In a similar article from Utah, the results of a study by a state epidemiologist determined that “Monticello residents suffered from lung cancer and stomach cancers at up to twice the normal rate over three decades, a possible legacy of a uranium mill near the town in southeastern Utah.”

Uranium mining and market mayhem | GoDanRiver

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