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| Volume 7
Number 1— 1971-2006
Celebrating 35 Years |
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Research and Information Center was founded in 1971 by Peter and Katherine
Montague as an organization dedicated to scientific, legal, and journalistic
expertise on environmental issues. SRIC’s early work focused
on electric power generation and coal gasification, the uranium boom
in the Western part of the state, and soon, the federal research on
the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Thirty-five years later, work
on these issues (with new challenges) continue, while work on newer,
more diverse issues grows. |
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Southwest
Research and Information Center (SRIC) has been concerned about
human health for decades. From the concern over the health effects
of water pollution, to concerns about radiation-related health issues
resulting from the nuclear fuel cycle, and everything in between.
Our work has focused on the people part of the environment –
human health, water quality, and safety issues. |
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Bush administration and nuclear power-related companies are promoting
a “nuclear renaissance” as a solution to U.S. dependency
on foreign oil and to global climate change, among other things. |
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development in New Mexico has long been at the expense of communities,
especially their land, water, culture, and health. Uranium development
left more than a thousand abandoned mines, thousands of sick or dead
miners and other workers, contaminated water and soil that present
an on-going health threat, and other problems. |
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SRIC is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Thank you.
Southwest Research and Information Center
105 Stanford SE
PO Box 4524
Albuquerque, NM 87196
505/262-1862
fax: 505/262-1864
For further information contact Info@sric.org.
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