Navajo Nation
Documentary
- Abandoned uranium mines continue to haunt Navajos on reservation – AZ Central
- Cold War-Era Uranium Mining Continuing To Cause Cancer In Navajo Women And Newborns – All Thats Interesting
- For The Navajo Nation, Uranium Mining’s Deadly Legacy Lingers – NPR
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High concentrations of uranium found in Navajo women and babies, study shows – USA Today
- How the Navajo Suffered Thanks to America’s Nuclear Weapons Build Up – The National Interest
- ‘Ignored for 70 years’: human rights group to investigate uranium contamination on Navajo Nation – The Guardian
- Native communities hit hard by mining legacy – UNM Newsroom
- Navajo Nation Still Shows Uranium Exposure Today, Decades After Atomic Age Mining – Colorado Public Radio
- Nuclear buildup sickened his Navajo community. Then it caught up with him. – Tucson Sentinel
- Nuclear buildup sickened his community. Then it caught up with him. – Center for Public Integrity
- Nuclear War: Uranium Mining and Nuclear Tests on Indigenous Lands – Cultural Survival
- On Poisoned Ground: The largest accidental release of radioactivity in the United States did not occur in 1979 at Three-Mile Island. That very same year a collapsing dam released a flood of radioactive debris into the Navajo Nation – Science History Institute
- The biggest radioactive spill in US history- The New Mexico uranium spill in Navajo Nation, explained – Vox
- The legacy of uranium mining in the Navajo Nation – Mining Technology
- Toxic Legacy of Uranium Mines on Navajo Nation Confronts Interior Nominee Deb Haaland – Pulitzer Center
- Uranium Mines Dot Navajo Land, Neglected and Still Perilous – The New York Times
- Uranium pervades homes on and near Navajo Nation — High Country News
- US official: Research finds uranium in Navajo women, babies – AP News
TV Special Reports
Facts and Stats
Reports
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Federal Actions to Address Impacts of Uranium Contamination in the Navajo Nation – 2014 – PDF
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Navajo Birth Cohort Study initiated in 2010 to address the impacts of uranium exposure on child health outcomes – PDF
Academic Papers
Podcast
Grand Canyon
TV Special Report
- America’s Most Iconic Natural Wonder Has a Uranium Mine Next Door: Critics worry it is already scarring the Grand Canyon itself and polluting a nearby tribe’s water – Daily Beast
- Are uranium mines near Grand Canyon hazardous to wildlife? – AZ Central
- Arizona approves permit for uranium mining near Grand Canyon – Center for Western Priorities
- Arizona to Permit Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Despite Ongoing Flooding, Water Contamination – Sierra Club
- Canyon Mine: Why No Uranium Mine is “Safe” for the Grand Canyon Region – Report – Grand Canyon Trust
- Celebrate Grand Canyon National Park centennial by blocking new uranium mining: There is no reason to prop up the uranium industry. It doesn’t need or deserve government handouts, and it carries health and environmental risks.- AZ Central
- Court Okays Uranium Mine Near Grand Canyon – Grand Canyon Trust
- Environmentalists lose bid to halt uranium mine – Navajo-Hopi Observer
- Grand Canyon Threatened by Approval of Uranium Mining Activities – EWG
- Havasupai tribe: Pinion Plain uranium mine threatens our existence – AZ Mirror
- In the Grand Canyon, uranium mining threatens a tribe’s survival – The Guardian
- Op-Ed: Gamma Rays and the Grand Canyon: U.S. Forest Service authorizes a uranium mine just six miles from the canyon – National Geographic
- The reopening of an uranium mine in Arizona has Indigenous people worried – NPR
- Tribes, conservation groups oppose new permit for a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon – AZ Central
- Uranium mine near Grand Canyon permitted by court, despite mining ban – Cronkite News
- Uranium Mining Puts Grand Canyon At Risk – Desert Report
- Uranium Mining Threatens Grand Canyon Communities – Truthout
- Uranium mining threatens our home, the Grand Canyon — High Country News
- U.S. Forest Service Reconsidering 20-Year Ban On Uranium Mining near Grand Canyon – The Weather Channel
- Why We’re Investigating Grand Canyon Uranium – Truthout
News Reports
New Mexico
TV Special Report
News
Utah
TV Special Report
Wyoming
- Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal – The New York Times
- Donations to the Clinton Foundation, and a Russian Uranium Takeover – The New York Times
- On a Wyoming Ranch, Feds Sacrifice Tomorrow’s Water to Mine Uranium Today — ProPublica
- Uranium One on buying spree – Casper Star Tribune
Facts and Stats
- Facts- Abandoned Uranium Mines – Clean Up The Mines!
- List of uranium projects – Wikipedia
- Radioactive Waste From Uranium Mining and Milling – US EPA
- Uranium in the environment – Wikipedia
- Uranium mining – Wikipedia
- Uranium mining and the Navajo people – Wikipedia
- Uranium mining in the United States – Wikipedia
- Uranium mining in Arizona – Wikipedia
- Uranium tailings – Wikipedia
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