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Contaminated water around Caetité uranium mine: update

 

Official Brazilian government data now corroborates Greenpeace’s findings that uranium mining has contaminated drinking water in the area surrounding the country’s Caetité uranium mine.

The state of Bahia water agency, an official governmental body, has released its finding confirming high levels of uranium in the water supply of the area of direct influence surrounding the mine controlled by Industrias Nucleares Brasileiras (INB – Brazilian Nuclear Industries).

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