Radioactive Waste 140 - Navajo Nation Fights To Keep Uranium Transportation Off Of Navajo Lands

       The supporters of nuclear power seldom talk about the pollution and devastation caused by uranium mining. All over the world in remote areas, native peoples are seeing their landscapes destroyed and their health endangered by the mining of uranium. I have blogged about uranium mines in Africa, Australia and Canada. There are also uranium mines in the U.S. with a legacy of environmental and health damage.

Nuclear Weapons 151 - Estimates of Cancers And Deaths From Fallout From Nuclear Tests - 1951 - 1962

        I have blogged before about the adverse health effects of nuclear radiation. The debate over whether or not there is a safe maximum amount of radiation exposure has raged for decades. The NRC is now seriously considering whether or not the natural background radiation from uranium in the soil is actually beneficial to health.

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