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Uranium
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Uranium

Nov 7, 1990
0h 48m
★ 0.0

Overview

Explores the consequences of uranium mining in Canada. Toxic and radioactive waste pose profound, long-term environmental hazards. Miners suffer a substantially increased risk of getting cancer. Most mining occurs on Indigenous People's land, violating their traditional economic and spiritual lives. Given our limited knowledge of the risks associated with uranium mining, why continue?

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Uranium Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Self - Narrator (voice)

Buffy Sainte-Marie

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