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Uranium City, Saskatchewan - a Legacy of Cancer
PUBLISHER'S COMMENT: In view of the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan, I've decided to "recycle" one of my old stories, below. I wrote it while working as a journalist with CBC Radio in Regina, SK in the late '80s. It chronicles years of cancer, a virtual "epidemic" among workers at the uranium mine at Uranium City, in the extreme north end of that province. If nothing else, it might provide an insight into the fact that it is not just the power plant phase of the nuclear system which is problematic. Keep in mind, given that Saskatchewan was a leading player in uranium production, the fuel rods melting down in Japan may well have been made from Saskatchewan uranium. I even sent it to George Monbiot, hoping to help convince him to turn away from his recent and ill-advised conversion to all things nuclear. He has not responded! ==== 1984 - by Larry Powell Please also read, "How is Saskatchewan Involved in Ja
The Collapse of Globalization
By Chris Hedges Mar 27 '11 - Truthdig The uprisings in the Middle East, the unrest that is tearing apart nations such as the Ivory Coast, the bubbling discontent in Greece, Ireland and Britain and the labor disputes in states such as Wisconsin and Ohio presage the collapse of globalization. Details here.