Remember, we have known since 1800's the dangers of uranium!
Comment: People of Virginia needs to demand a health study in counties with former uranium leases before the ban ie ever lifted. Look at this statement:
"It probably would have been nice to do this 10 years ago," the University of New Mexico researcher said." All the so call science the uranium mining companies tell us about have no beginning, no studies were done before they mined uranium anywhere in the world, just the end, so nuke science is not science, you have to have a beginning, a middle and the end studies before anyone can confirm any science studies. Keep the ban!
By Judy FAhysThe Salt Lake Tribune
First published Oct 16 2011 01:01AM
Updated Oct 16, 2011 01:01AM
Monument Valley • Just as crews complete the cleanup of the Skyline Mine, a group of health scientists is preparing to launch a sweeping study of how the uranium legacy continues to affect the health of the youngest Navajos.
Toxicologist Johnnye Lewis said no other health study of its kind has taken place on the Navajo Reservation.
"It probably would have been nice to do this 10 years ago," the University of New Mexico researcher said.
But it was only in 2008 that Congress held a hearing about the lingering problems of uranium on the reservation and adopted plans to deal with them.
"We don’t know if it’s safe or not," Lewis said. "We don’t know if just living where we live is putting our children at risk."
Practical issues make it difficult to do studies such as these, she said. There are too few people and too few cases for a scientifically sound epidemiology study.
But this work also will include biomonitoring of urine and blood samples to measure the extent of contamination in mothers and their babies.
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http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52711895-78/health-lewis-navajo-reservation.html.csp
