Climate Conversations – Legacy of Extraction: Abandoned Mines on the Navajo Nation with Arlyssa Becenti
Arizona Humanities 1242 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, United StatesMining companies extracted millions of tons of uranium from the Navajo Nation between 1944 and 1986. Today hundreds of abandoned uranium mines litter the Navajo Nation. How have the Navajo people, land, and water suffered from exposure to these mines? Are people still at risk of radiation exposure? What is being done by the federal […]
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