Uranium Mine and Mill Residents - Current Issues

(last updated 13 Sep 2009)

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• Appeals Court dismisses claims by former Uravan residents who sued Umetco in suspected radiation-related illnesses (Colorado)

• Study: Increased likelihood of kidney disease and diabetes among people who live close to abandoned uranium mines (New Mexico)

• ATSDR report finds Homestake uranium mill site is a public health hazard (New Mexico)

• Study finds higher cancer risks for residents near former Monticello uranium mill (Utah)

• Excessive concentrations of radioactive substances found in vegetables grown near South African gold/uranium mines

• Study finds no increased mortality among residents near former Uravan uranium mill (Colorado)

• Assessment of radiation exposure in the uranium mining and milling area of Mailuu Suu (Kyrgyzstan)

• Study finds no increased cancer incidence among residents at former Monticello uranium mill site (Utah)

• NAS recommends to examine whether Cold War era residents of uranium mills should become eligible for radiation exposure compensation (USA)

• Residents living near former Grants uranium mill (New Mexico) seek damages from Homestake

• $41 million awarded to Cañon City uranium mill residents (Colorado)

• Aerial survey of abandoned uranium mines identifies excess radiation areas in Navajo Indian Reservation (Arizona)

• Issues at Jaduguda uranium mine, Jharkhand, India

• Cleanup of 424 Monticello Vicinity Properties completed (Utah)

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