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Uranium miners dying from cancers, unexplained illnesses in Namibia

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 17, 2014 | 10:45 am Energy Africa Europe Uranium 

[caption id="attachment_778889" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rio’s Rössing mine is the longest-running and one of the largest open pit uranium mines in the world.[/caption] Namibian miners who worked in uranium mines in the 1970s are dying of cancers and unexplained illnesses, a...

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