Call for care in uranium
exploration, extraction
By Devota Mwachang`a
4th December 2012
German experts yesterday urged the
government to exercise maximum care in uranium exploration and extraction to
ensure the mineral does not affect people’s health.
“There is no way that you can mine uranium without damage to the environment. Experience all over the world shows that there is no way people can mine uranium properly without damaging the environment or endangering the health of the people,” said the chairman of the Germany-based Uranium Network, Gunter Wippel.
He gave the advice at a news conference organised by the Legal and Human Right Centre (LHRC) to share experiences on uranium mining in his home country.
Wippel cited the example of Germany, saying despite having money and technological capacity it is compelled to spend at least 7.0 billion Euros to maintain all mines after uranium extraction.
Thousands of German uranium miners, he said, died of lung cancer for working in poorly vented underground shafts in the 1950s.
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“There is no way that you can mine uranium without damage to the environment. Experience all over the world shows that there is no way people can mine uranium properly without damaging the environment or endangering the health of the people,” said the chairman of the Germany-based Uranium Network, Gunter Wippel.
He gave the advice at a news conference organised by the Legal and Human Right Centre (LHRC) to share experiences on uranium mining in his home country.
Wippel cited the example of Germany, saying despite having money and technological capacity it is compelled to spend at least 7.0 billion Euros to maintain all mines after uranium extraction.
Thousands of German uranium miners, he said, died of lung cancer for working in poorly vented underground shafts in the 1950s.
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