Environmental group visits uranium mine site

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Environmental group visits uranium mine site
  
The Friends of the Earth group will visit the Honeymoon Uranium 
mine  project site today as part of an awareness-raising tour. 

An environmental impact statement prepared by the mine's owners, 
 Southern Cross Resources, is being considered by governments. 

A anti-nuclear campaigner for Friends of the Earth, Bruce 
Thompson, says  before outback residents open their arms to such 
a mine, they should  realise it will not inject much capital or 
employment into the region.  

"We're talking less than about 70 jobs for the community and it's  
uncertain whether those jobs will be offered to Broken Hill," Mr  
Thompson said. 

"But further than that, there's an issue when you're invovled in 
uranium  mine that's different from other materials and metals 
because of the  effects of radiation. 

"Part of the trick is to try and be able to provide some independent  
information about the effects of radiation exposure." 
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