After Decades of Uranium Mining, Navajo Nation Struggles With Devastating Legacy of Contamination

(Multimedia) New Mexico's long history of uranium mining on Native American lands provides fuel for the front end of the nuclear industry and stores much of the mine tailings and radioactive waste from nuclear weapons and power plants. We look at the devastating impact uranium mining continues to have on Native lands with Leona Morgan of Eastern Navajo DinĂ© Against Uranium Mining, a group dedicated to protecting the water, air, land and health of communities in areas ... Full Story »

Posted by Dwight Rousu
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Subjects: World, U.S., Health
Topics: Racism
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 11, 2012 - 10:59 AM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Oct 11, 2012 - 11:00 AM PDT

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