Uranium is the New Asbestos

URANIUM IS THE NEW ASBESTOS

AUSTRALIA: UNION BAN ON NUCLEAR WORK

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/uranium-is-the-new-asbestos-union-ban-on-nuclear-work-20100531-wonk.html

AAP, Brisbane Times, May 31 2010

Australia - The Electrical Trades Union has banned its members from working in uranium mines, nuclear power stations or any other part of the nuclear fuel cycle.The union says uranium is the new asbestos in the workplace.

 
Photo: Navajo uranium miners during the Cold War were sent to their deaths in the mines, after the US knew of the dangers of radioactivity.