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STAR TRIBUNE Sue Pruitt November 12, 2008 – “……………….Do they think if you do not live near the mines that they will be safe? The answer is no.

Winds from open-pit uranium can blow uranium-laced dust up to 50 or more miles away.

Floods can wash uranium tailings into our rivers, and radon gas can be carried by the winds.

Remember the fires in North Carolina; the smoke made it as far as Roanoke. The winds will carry the uranium particles to all parts of the county and the City of Danville, plus Halifax County, North Carolina, etc.

Water contamination, heavy rains will flood the uranium tailings ponds, which means overflow will happen.

This means the Banister River will be polluted. The river flows toward the drinking water for Halifax and Bugs Island, which goes to Virginia Beach and Kerr Lake for the Raleigh- Durham area. Eventually it makes its way to the sounds of North Carolina and the Atlantic………………….The great and innovative people of our country can rise to our energy problems without decimating our environment, communities and future generations.

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November 17, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment