Nigeria: Two Million at Risk of Radiation Cancer - UN Integrated Regional Information Networks

Nigerian environmental and health officials warn that slightly radioactive tailings found in abandoned mines in central Nigeria's Plateau state poses a health risk to around two million inhabitants.

Author: kessyjc

Would someone tell me how we intend to care for a nuclear plant with all the involved health and security implications, when we are unable to take care of a simple abandoned mine?



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