This really underscores the dangers of living near a U-mining site and gives new meaning to "not in my backyard".
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONCTON, N.B. — Hundreds of New Brunswickers expressing opposition to uranium exploration in the province packed a theatre in Moncton for an information session.
The session Thursday night was hosted by the provincial Department of Natural Resources — the second such meeting in the province in as many days.
Experts from various provincial and federal agencies were on hand to provide answers about things like radon, and exploration and mining practices.
But the experts came up short in the effort to provide guarantees that uranium could be safely extracted without any threats to human health and the environment.
Dr. Sonia Johnson from Health Canada, attending to speak about medical effects of uranium, was put on the spot with a question asking whether she would move her family to a site within eight kilometres of a uranium mine.
When she declined to answer, stating she was not there to make personal comments, she was booed by the audience. (emphasis mine...LS)
http://trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=141504&sc=518
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