-based participatory research (CBPR) method was utilized to address the public water contamination can resulted in solutions for the environmental exposure off the reservation to a predominantly Navajo community.;Another study focused on the contamination of sheep addresses Indigenous food contamination. ...
EPA, the Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal agencies have released a 10-year plan outlining the federal government’s commitments to address adverse environmental impacts from uranium contamination throughout the Navajo Nation, coming several months after the plan was originally slated to be...
driven by licensed and trained operators, comply with regulations and law, he said. Mining during World War II and the Cold War left a legacy of death, disease and contamination on the Navajo Nation and in other
Activists are using virtual reality technology to focus on areas of the Navajo Nation affected by uranium contamination. The arts collective Bombshelltoe has collected 360-degree footage of Churchrock, New Mexico, to show how people and the land have changed since a 1979uraniummill spill, Gallup ...
It was concerned that the contamination will seep into the underlying Navajo Sandstone aquifer, which is the main source of drinking water for southeastern Utah. The Utes are one of several tribes situated inside the massive Navajo Nation reservation, which has a land base of 27,000 square mile...
Uranium contaminationWaterInternal contaminationThe objectives of the study are to present a critical review of the 238U, 234U, 235U, 226Ra and 210Pb levels in water samples from the EPA studies (U.S. EPA in Abandoned uranium mines and the Navajo Nation: Red Valley chapter screening assessment...
In addition, improper disposal of uraniferous tailings and waste in a uranium mine area can cause uranium contamination of the surrounding surface water, groundwater, soil, and air. Both open-pit and underground mining operations require dewatering of the mining area which leads to water ...
“There will be some people that will say …‘uranium mining has contaminated the water in Grand Canyon already,”‘ he said. “It is false, it is false. Natural contamination from the uranium is already in the system. Mother Nature put it there.” Article contentShare...
This article summarizes the current status of known contamination arising from abandoned uranium mines (AUMs) within the Navajo Nation and examines the options for addressing the elevated risks to health that AUM waste poses to the peopl... NM Ram,C Moore,L Mctiernan - 《Remediation Journal》 ...
Comparison of potential drinking water source contamination across one hundred U.S. cities Article Open access 13 December 2021 Introduction In some US populations, drinking water is a significant source of exposure to inorganic arsenic and uranium, which are major environmental exposures associated wit...