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Press Release

IPPNW calls for a ban on uranium mining

19th IPPNW World Congress in Basel

Azara Jalawi, activist from the Tuareg in Niger, photo: Anne Tritschler

31.08.2010 The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) adopted a resolution at its International Council meeting on Sunday in Basel, Switzerland, calling for a ban on uranium mining and the production of yellowcake (uranium oxide). The resolution described both processes as “irresponsible” and “a grave threat to health and to the environment”.

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[IPPNW Resolution on Uranium Mining]


Read or download the folder with the declaration of basel,
the IPPNW-resolution on uranium
and the essay "The death that creeps from the earth".