Canada - World's Number 1 Radioactive Pollluter!!!

[Bobbieo]

Canada is the world’s largest producer of uranium with about 60% exported to the United States where depleted uranium is manufactured as weapons.

Many abandoned uranium mines have left behind a devastating legacy but the nuclear industry has re-branded itself as a viable solution to global warming.

The profitable Canadian uranium mining industry lacks serious scrutiny; meanwhile remote indigenous communities are especially vulnerable to hazardous impacts thinly veiled as economic promise.

http://nativeunity.blogspot.com

[PDJane]

1. Yes.

Canada is not innocent; we pollute, and have polluted badly in the last ten years in the oil sands project.

Nor have we treated our first nations people well.

On the other hand, up until now, we haven't spent our capital on warmongering....

[HeresyLives]

2. Uranium

In 2005, seventeen countries produced concentrated uranium oxides, with Canada (27.9% of world production) and Australia (22.8%) being the largest producers and Kazakhstan (10.5%), Russia (8.0%), Namibia (7.5%), Niger (7.4%), Uzbekistan (5.5%), the United States (2.5%), Argentina (2.1%), Ukraine (1.9%) and China (1.7%) also producing significant amounts.<53> Kazakhstan continues to increase production and may have become the world's largest producer of uranium by last year (2009) with an expected production of 12,826 tonnes, compared to Canada with 11,100 tonnes and Australia with 9,430 tonnes.<54><55> The ultimate available uranium is believed to be sufficient for at least the next 85 years<47> although some studies indicate underinvestment in the late twentieth century may produce supply problems in the 21st century.<56>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium#Supply