Comment: People are fighting against the killing industry called Uranium Mining! Keep the U Ban in VA!
By Bernard Lugongo
The Citizen Reporter
The Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) is planning to take the government to court should it go ahead with uranium mining projects in Bahi and Manyoni districts in Dodoma and regions respectively.
The LHRC cautioned yesterday that it was against the projects because they would lead to serious health and environmental impacts on the people living in the area.
Addressing reporters in Dar es Salaam on behalf of the LHRC executive director, Mr Harold Sungusia, who is LHRC’s director of Advocacy and Reforms, said the Centre had established that there would be negative implications after it made a follow up on uranium exploration in the areas said to have reserves of the mineral.
LHRC also asked the government to learn from other nations, such as Niger, that have already experienced negative effects of uranium mining
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