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    A catastrophic storm or flood will cause a failure in the tailings impoundment at Coles Hill, releasing radioactive contaminants into downstream Lake Gaston, which supplies drinking water to Hampton Roads residents.

    A catastrophic storm or flood will cause a failure in the tailings impoundment at Coles Hill, releasing radioactive contaminants into downstream Lake Gaston, which supplies drinking water to Hampton Roads residents.

    This entry was posted in Myth on November 8, 2012 by jquintero.

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    ← From 2003 – 2010, Dr. John Boice, Former Director of the Radiation Epidemiology Branch of the National Cancer Institute, conducted four studies of cancer and mortality rates in uranium mining communities in Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. The National Academy of Sciences study summarized Boice’s findings: “The researchers did not find any evidence that the operation of the uranium mines and processing facilities increased the cancer or mortality rates for the nearby population.” (National Academy of Sciences Study, p. 129) “Over the past few decades, improvements have been made to tailings management systems to isolate tailings from the environment…” (National Academy of Sciences Study, p. 15) →

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