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Cameco uranium company spins a yarn on ionising radiation

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The Nuclear Industry copies the Tobacco Industry. Same old tactics. You cast around to find a scientist willing to be paid to say that your product is “healthy” and “clean”.

Cameco uranium mining company is running “Community Liaison Forums”.  And guess what?  They’ve found that low dose ionising radiation is not only healthy – it even prevents illness!

Not a surprise, really, from Cameco. For years they’ve been pitching radiation to kids, as a fun thing. (picture at left from Cameco’s brochure for kids)

Dunno that Indian nuclear worker Rajesh would agree  “Rajesh (name changed), a contract worker at the nuclear facility. Rajesh’s three-year-old daughter, Abhi has been diagnosed with retinoblastoma, or cancer of eyes, and doctors have just confirmed the eventuality of her death……
Rajesh’s story is by no means an isolated one. –” from story below  Tehelka – India’s Independent Weekly News Magazine

September 4, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, spinbuster, Uranium | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, radiation, radioactive, uranium