Date Published: 02/27/2007 [Source]
In their quest to tout the advantages of nuclear power, its proponents have neglected to examine the dangerous shortcomings of uranium mining and its negative impacts on South Texas. Ask residents of Goliad and Kleberg counties about uranium mining, and you may learn that citizens of both have publicly opposed continued mining operations in their communities.
According to the EPA, uranium mining releases harmful radioactive waste, such as radionuclides, which include radon, radium and uranium, into surrounding bodies of water, putting people and ecosystems at risk. Exposure to radon has been shown to cause kidney failure, chronic lung disease, and tumors in the brain, bones, lungs and nasal passages.