Radioactive Waste and Canada's First Nations (UNPFII Side Event)
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Radioactivity causes cancer and damages unborn children.
Radioactive wastes remain dangerous for thousands of years.
Radioactive poisons contaminate air, soil, food and water.
Radioactive wastes are trucked through indigenous territories.
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Radioactivity causes cancer and damages unborn children.
Radioactive wastes remain dangerous for thousands of years.
Radioactive poisons contaminate air, soil, food and water.
Radioactive wastes are trucked through indigenous territories.
Radioactive wastes are dumped on or near indigenous lands.
Indigenous people have not given free prior informed consent.
Indigenous communities have not been adequately consulted.