The Virginia NAACP unanimously passed a resolution opposing lifting Virginia's 30-year ban on uranium mining. The Virginia NAACP joins a growing list of 70 organizations and localities that support keeping the ban.
The Progressive Point: Foreign-backed corporations are pushing to eliminate the protections we need to keep our families safe. Uranium mining in Virginia threatens our drinking water, human health, farmland, and property values. Powerful corporate interests are lining politicians' pockets trying to eliminate common sense safeguards that protect our water and health. Virginians have seen what happens when powerful special interests prevail over the people. We must Keep The Ban.
Get the Facts:
Virginia Uranium has spent close to half a million dollars on lobbyists, campaign contributions, and trips for politicians while seeking to lift Virginia's ban on uranium mining. (VPAP)
Health Risks of Radioactive and Toxic Waste: If the ban were lifted, processed uranium would be shipped out of state. Left behind for centuries would be huge volumes of radioactive and toxic waste, disposed near farmlands and local waterways. The Coles Hill Site alone would generate at least 28 million tons of waste. Exposure to uranium waste has been linked to increases in leukemia, kidney disease and other severe health problems.
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