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"Wastelanding tells the history of the uranium industry on Navajo land in the U.S. Southwest, asking why certain landscapes and the peoples who inhabit them come to be targeted for disproportionate exposure to environmental harm. Uranium mines and mills on the Navajo Nation land have long supplied U.S. nuclear weapons and energy programs. By 1942, mines on the reservation were the main source of uranium for the top-secret Manhattan Project. Today, the Navajo Nation is home to more than a thousand abandoned uranium sites. Radiation-related diseases are endemic, claiming the health and lives of…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2015Univ Of Minnesota Press · 304 pages · 9780816692675
- Other · English · 2015University of Minnesota Press · 9781452944487
- Other · English · 2015University of Minnesota Press · 304 pages · 9780816692644
Indians of north america, southwest, newRadiationMines and mineral resourcesNavajo IndiansGovernment relationsHistoryHealth and hygieneUranium mines and mining