Physicians Demand Stoppage Of Uranium Exploration

Physicians in Sept-Iles, Quebec, declared that Quebec’s government “must stop uranium exploration near Sept Îles and declare a moratorium on uranium mining activities across the province to avoid the mass resignation of 20 doctors in the North Shore town.”

“I want to work in a place where the government listens to citizens and where medical opinions are respected,” said Bruno Imbeault, a pulmonologist at the Centre Hospitalier et des Services Sociaux de Sept Îles.  The doctors who have signed this moratorium are worried of the ill effects of uranium mining, mainly the contamination of air and water.  This contamination could cause higher numbers of lung cancer in the population around the mine site.