Aborigines and Uranium: Monitoring the Health Hazards, 2006
AIATSIS Research Discussion Paper No 20, Aborigines and Uranium: Monitoring the Health Hazards, by Colin Tatz and others. This report notes leakages, spillages and breaches of regulations at the Ranger Uranium Mine since 1981. It reports exploratory research that shows a singificant overall increase in the incidence of cancer among Aboriginal people in the Kakadu region where Ranger is located; and calls for comprehensive monitoring there, and wherever uranium mining occurs.



