1998: Call for research from the European Parliament
In 1998, the European Parliament called upon the Commission “to obtain an independent study about the uranium imports of the European Union analysing the impact of uranium mining and processing on health and environment, on the rights of Indigenous peoples and on waste production of the mining operations in regard to the respective country of originâ€. However, for as far as we could find out this research has not yet been conducted.
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European Commission to research impact uranium mining
Due to new developments in Africa and the concerns described in this web dossier, the European Commission should continue studying regularly the impact of the imports of uranium of the European Union in Africa. It is important the these studies are independent and include the impact on health and environment, peoples and workers rights, conflict, waste production and –management, and tailings.