Uranium mining in the Navajo nation (1947-1966): a case of undesigned human experimentationMoureEraso, Rafael
The story of the Navajo Nation and uranium mining is, at its heart, a tale of environmental justice. From the late 1940s until the 1960s, uranium mining by private corporations whose sole purchaser was the federal government, employed Navajos to work the mines in the Four Corners area. ...
In 2013, the Navajo Nation told another uranium producer that it would deny access to a ranch that surrounded a parcel of Arizona state trust land where the company planned to mine. At the time, the tribe cited a 2005 law that banned uranium mining on its lands and another 2006 law that...
Energy Fuels Announces 2024 Results, Including Active U.S. Uranium Mining, Uranium and Mineral Sand Sales, Commercial U.S. Rare Earth Production, and Strong Balance Sheet Feb 27, 2025 Energy Fuels, Navajo Nation Department of Justice, and Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency Sign Landmark...
“The Navajo Nation, which also borders the Canyon, banned all uranium mining and processing in 2005, after suffering a decades-long health crisis caused by radiation exposure from its poorly regulated mines.” [Source] Of particular concern is the area surrounding Havasupai Falls which is of ext...
Uranium mining contributed substantially to lung cancer among Navajo men over the 25-year period following the end of mining for the Navajo Nation. Sixty-three (67%) of the 94-incident lung cancers among Navajo men occurred in former uranium miners. The relative risk for a history of mining ...
"TheNavajo Nationhas suffered longstanding impacts from uranium mining conducted during the cold war era, resulting in numerous abandoned mine and mill sites on their lands. This has understandably caused mistrust toward theU.S.government and energy companies," saidEnergy Fuels'President and CEOMark ...
Those supporting the ban have pointed to the legacy of death and disease on the nearby Navajo Nation, the country’s largest American Indian reservation, from Cold War-era uranium mining. Without the science, the concern is “just opinion,” said Jan Balsom, senior adviser to the Grand Canyon...
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