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Navajo homes razed – uranium contamination

Navajo homes razed – uranium contaminationFelicia Fonseca, Associated PressS San Francisco Chronicle  June 21, 2009 The federal government plans to spend as much as $3 million a year to demolish and rebuild uranium-contaminated structures across the Navajo Nation, where Cold War-era mining of the radioactive substance left a legacy of disease and death………………………….The effort is part of a five-year plan that expires in 2012 in which a number of federal agencies joined together to address uranium contamination and its effects on the Navajo people. Navajos who toiled in the mines and their dependents have suffered or died from cancer, lung and kidney disease, and other health problems caused by exposure to low levels of radiation over time…………………………..With more than 500 abandoned uranium mines across the vast reservation, EPA officials acknowledge that the issue of uranium contamination is bigger than assessing and rebuilding structures.

Navajo homes razed – uranium contamination

June 29, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized