Members of the Navajo Nation, who possess a high prevalence of cardiometabolic disease, reside near hundreds of local abandoned uranium mines (AUM), which contribute uranium, arsenic and other metals to the soil, water and air. We recently reported that hypertension is associated with mine waste ...
, he is a full-time employee of the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency working on Abandoned Uranium Mine projects. We are pleased that our intern program helped to launch a career that has a tangible and lasting impact on the restoration and environmental quality of the Navajo Nation....
The Navajo People and Uranium Mining The Navajo Nation covers a vast stretch of northeastern Arizona and parts of New Mexico and Utah. The area is also home to more than one thousand abandoned uranium mines and four former uranium mills, a legacy of the US nuclear program. ... D Brugge,...
But Helen, now 68, said Snyder expressed concern when she told him she lived near a uranium mine — an abandoned pit atop Tah-chee. Helen said he warned her that uranium was dangerous. Snyder declined to be interviewed. In notes on the Nez family that he wrote in 1990, after treating ...
Uranium and arsenic characterization of well water and sediment in Black Falls, Arizona During the 1940 - 1970's, uranium mining took place on the Navajo Reservation, resulting in hundreds of abandoned mines and areas of mine waste. Radiation-... S Salinas,JC Ingram - 《Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke ...
The Navajo Nation (NN), a sovereign indigenous tribal nation in the Southwestern United States, is home to 523 abandoned uranium mines (AUMs). Previous health studies have articulated numerous human health hazards associated with AUMs and multiple environmental mechanisms/pathways (e.g., air, ...
The U.S. will fund environmental response trusts to clean up 16 priority abandoned uranium mines that are located across the Navajo nation in the Southwest U.S., the Justice Department announced July 15 in a settlement agreement. The action comes as part of a broader effort by the federal ...
This is the largest amount of money ever awarded in a bankruptcy-related settlement for environmental cleanup. ###Receive'>U.S. Government Announces Billion for Abandoned Uranium Mine Clean Up on the Navajo Nation (AZ)
Hund L, Bedrick EJ, Miller C, Huerta G, Nez T, Ramone S, et al. A Bayesian framework for estimating disease risk due to exposure to uranium mine and mill waste on the Navajo Nation . J R Stat Soc A . 2015. January 1 doi: 10.1111/rssa.12099...
New Mexico: EPA Announces Plan To Clean Up Largest Abandoned Uranium Mine On The Navajo NationIndigenousPeoplesAdmin