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Roanoke River endangered by uranium mining

(USA) League of Individuals for the Environment Feb. 5–-Concerns over proposed uranium mining in Pittsylvania County led the Southern Environmental Law Center to include the Roanoke River basin in its 2010 list of top 10 endangered places in its coverage area.

This is the first year the environmental advocacy group included the Roanoke River on its list, said senior attorney Kay Slaughter.The river, she said, provides drinking water to millions in southern Virginia and parts of northern North Carolina, includ-ing Virginia Beach and Henderson, N.C.

“The reason for the whole basin is its potential endangerment, not just from uranium, but the other chemicals used in the mining and milling process,” Slaughter said.The list, released this week, also includes the Chesapeake Bay and the mountainous coal region of southwestern Vir-ginia. The Southern Environmental Law Center does work in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.

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February 9, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA | antinuclear, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, uranium