Crowd spoke truth about mining<\/a><\/p>\nWhile I’m very sorry that Frederick Towle died from leukemia as a result of uranium exposure, that has absolutely nothing to do with uranium mining and the technology of today. Nobody knows if the uranium in Pittsylvania County can be mined safely using the advances of modern technology. That’s why I support the scientific study that will have come to a conclusion based on people that are a heck of a lot smarter than I am. <\/p>\n
As I have done before, I strongly condemn the anti-uranium crowd’s use of tactics that have absolutely no basis in fact as they try to scare the people that don’t have the intelligence to think on their own. If the scientific study comes back with the conclusion that uranium can not be safely mined, I’m perfectly willing to continue the ban that’s currently in place. On the other hand, if the study reveals that the uranium can be safely mined, the anti-uranium crowd have already declared that they will not accept that decision. An open mind is a good thing… especially when it comes to an issue like this that could potentially bring great economic benefits to a region that definitely could use it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Every time I think the anti-uranium folks couldn’t go any lower, they dig deeper.<\/p>\n
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Industrial mega park mining ban denied Even though this mining ban proposal would have been Dead On Arrival to the first court of record, it's refreshing to know that the BOS got this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Danville"","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6107,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/03\/anti-uranium-hyperbole-alert\/","url_meta":{"origin":7082,"position":4},"title":"Anti-Uranium Hyperbole Alert!","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"January 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It's Hyperbole! Like This! That Makes! It Easy To Mock! Support for uranium no surprise In this Letter to the Editor (Does the editor really care? Shouldn't they just label these as Personal Opinions anyway?), another anti-uranium nutcase completely misstates Fred Ingram's opinion on uranium mining. 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