Uranium Fever explores the remnants and ramifications of the Cold War era uranium rush on the landscape of Elliot Lake, a small Northern Ontario community. It serves as a fieldwork driven investigation about the visible repercussions of the often invisible threat of radioactivity.
Elliot Lake, the once “uranium capital of the world”, now rests upon over 100 million tons of uranium mining waste. From loss of wildlife and major reduction of fish populations, to contaminated soil and water, the residents of Elliot Lake are isolated in the Northern Ontario wilderness, left to reap the discards from rampant industrialism. The uranium miners were at high risk of developing lung cancer and have increased mortality rates, and many houses in the area are built upon unknowingly radioactive soil procured from the mines, seeping radon into folks homes.
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