Boston University: Protecting Tribal Lands
March 07, 2022
March 07, 2022
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 (TNSOps) -- Boston University's College of Communication issued the following news:
Within the Navajo Nation, on 27,000 square miles sprawling across Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, toxic waste from more than 500 abandoned uranium mines leaks dangerous radiation into water and homes. This legacy of the Cold War's nuclear arms race endangers the more than 250,000 people who live there, potentially causing kidney failure and lung and bone cancer. . . .
Within the Navajo Nation, on 27,000 square miles sprawling across Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, toxic waste from more than 500 abandoned uranium mines leaks dangerous radiation into water and homes. This legacy of the Cold War's nuclear arms race endangers the more than 250,000 people who live there, potentially causing kidney failure and lung and bone cancer. . . .