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Media Advisory For Immediate release, December 8, 2007 Who: Donna Dillman, grandmother who has refused food for 63 days in an effort to stop uranium drilling in Eastern Ontario. What: If Premier McGuinty has not called a moratorium or an inquiry by Tues., noon, Dillman will cut all nourishment and go to water only. Why: Once disturbed, uranium is a serious risk to those downstream (in this case her children and grandchildren, and people living in Ottawa) and those not yet born. When dealing with one of the most serious matters on the planet, drastic measures become necessary. Where: Dillman will remain
at the legislature every day until it recesses. Having waited ten days for Premier McGuinty to get back to her on the question of exports, Donna Dillman, who has been refusing food for 63 days, has now formally requested a meeting with the Premier. "He committed to supplying a response to my inquiry about why we have to put the health of a million people at risk, upstream of Ottawa, when we currently export most of the uranium mined in Canada," Dillman said in a speech at the Climate Change rally on Saturday. The 53 year-old grandmother, from near the Sharbot Lake uranium drilling site, continued, "I’d hoped it would not come to this, but, as I speak, diamond drills are being readied to penetrate the ground for uranium ore samples upriver of my children and grandchildren. When that happens, radon gas, the second highest cause of lung cancer, will be released into the air." "When dealing with one of the most serious matters on the planet, drastic measures become necessary. All through this, I have reserved the right to make a new decision every day. Unless I hear, by Tues at noon, that the Premier is calling a public inquiry that would lead to a moratorium, it is my intention to move this protest to water only. In short, I will take no nourishment until such time as the necessary steps are taken to resolve this matter”, she said, to applause from the large crowd gathered around her at Queen’s Park. -30- Dillman can be reached for
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