The president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Prof Andreas Nidecker, speaks at a conference on uranium mining in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Left is the minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Hussein Mwinyi and the Legal and Human Rights Centre executive director, Dr Hellen Kijo-Bisimba. PHOTO | FIDELIS FELIX
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The experts came from the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Uranium Network, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Tanzania’s Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC). They advised the government to first consider the long-term impacts of the industry, which outweigh any of the seemingly economic benefits.
