Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Health risk! No dust masks for workers at uranium mine



Comment:  Profit is the only thing that corporations care about!  No to uranium miningBy Nyasa Times
Published: September 25, 2010

Malawian workers at Paladin’s Kayerekera uranium mine in Karonga are living in a hazardous environment as they are working with no masks to protect their faces from potentially harmful dust.

Nyasa Times under cover journalist who visited the Kayerekera mine on Friday September 23, 2010 found that most miners did not wear masks, and their hands and face were caked with uranium ore.

The workers protested to management about the development.

But the geology superintendent of the mine, Johan De Bruin confirmed the lack of dust mask.

Read more:
http://www.nyasatimes.com/national/health-risk-no-dust-masks-for-workers-at-uranium-mine.html