Sentences with phrase «residents of uranium»

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Many past uranium workers and residents in the western U.S. have fallen through the cracks of federal compensation programs designed to help those affected by uranium

Germany has also decided to give up nuclear power,» a Jiangmen resident said in a post on the Jiangmen government's page on the popular social networking site Weibo, under registered name of «YOoUuNnGg», in reaction to its decision to scrap the uranium processing project.

There are few published studies on the effects of uranium mines on nearby residents, but researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of New Mexico are working on health assessments, according to EPA officials.

In one recent case, 179 residents (or their survivors) of the old uranium milling town of Uravan, Colo., sued mill owner and operator Union Carbide Corporation for causing various cancers and other illnesses.

Most of the limited health studies of non-working residents have failed to draw strong, population - level connections between uranium and health problems.

These studies are often hampered by incomplete health records, lack of uranium exposure data, and failure to detect residents who have moved, according to Johnnye Lewis, research professor in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Like many past uranium workers and residents in the American West, Hayes has fallen through the cracks of federal compensation programs designed to help those affected by uranium.

The continued threat of new uranium mining and the broad opposition to it among communities and residents of the Eastern Navajo Agency were recurrent themes in statements made by ENDAUM and CCT members in meetings with congressional leaders during the Washington trip.

Ensure full funding for health studies among residents of communities impacted by uranium mining and milling, and restore cuts in existing studies.

Heavy metals and toxic chemicals like depleted uranium and Agent Orange were used during these tests, with the result that residents of the island report the highest cancer rates in the Caribbean.