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00:00 The rugged plateau. Here prospectors and geologists located one of the rare elements in the earth's crust. Uranium.
00:14 [Native language spoken in the background]
00:40 This is what they were mining. Uranium ore. Dangerous, of course.
00:50 [Native language spoken in the background]
01:00 Within this family there's eight horrible deaths at the hospital. When they were taking samples of the youngest one that passed away, the doctor asked her, "Did you by any chance live near a mine?"
01:20 You start to understand how hot the radiation was. I mean, I have no idea what I've been exposed to, and I don't know how long I've been exposed to it.
01:34 [Music]
01:52 Come to order. HR 3405 Chairman Rahal. The subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on the legacy and the future of uranium mining.
02:04 [Music]
02:30 (beep)