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Virginia business and medical professionals concerned about uranium mining

the group is different from environmental groups in that it comprises business, medical and health professionals who are concerned about potential health impacts from uranium mining.

Coalition forms to address uranium concerns By: TARA BOZICK | GoDanRiver.com December 29, 2011 Halifax County area business owners and other professionals formed The Virginia Coalition on Tuesday in an effort to keep the moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia.

Many felt the socioeconomic reports and National Academy of Sciences study on uranium mining released this month didn’t allay concerns about potential health risks. The General Assembly could take up the issue of whether to allow uranium mining next session, although
opponents and local lawmakers would like to wait until 2013.
The coalition is affiliated with the Roanoke River Basin Association,
a staunch opponent of Virginia Uranium Inc.’s proposed project to mine
and mill a 119-million-pound uranium deposit in Pittsylvania County.
Andrew Lester, the water group’s executive director, will also head up
The Virginia Coalition.

The group aims to distribute study information and educate the public
and legislators about uranium issues in hopes of maintaining the
30-year moratorium. It would like residents to share concerns with
their representatives.

Lester said the group is different from environmental groups in that
it comprises business, medical and health professionals who are
concerned about potential health impacts from uranium mining. The
group’s founders would like to attract members from the region and
throughout the state.

Nancy Pool, president of the Halifax County Chamber of Commerce, said
helping to start to coalition evolved from the chamber’s efforts in
2008 to identify and public residents’ concerns about uranium mining.

“We all feel there is the potential for the impact on businesses
economically, but the primary concern that all of us share, or for
most that we have spoken with, is just the health of the citizens,”
Pool said……
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December 30, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, Uranium, USA