Saturday, January 30, 2010

Green Light (uranium mining)

Comment:  Article in Blue Ridge Outdoor Magazine proves other people in our area are paying attention to the proposed uranium mining and milling in our State!  No to uranium mining and milling!

July 20, 2009
By Jedd Ferris

Legislators gave the go-ahead for a uranium mining study in the Commonwealth.

Virginia Uranium Inc. wants to unearth 119 million pounds of ore,near Danville.

Uranium mining was banned in Virginia in 1982, and many opponents are hoping to keep it that way, as it has been linked to causing cancer and birth defects in communities in its wake.

The study is expected to take 18 months and cost $1.5 million.

Read more:
http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/departments/green-light/