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Navajos uranium legacy

Tim McDonald
December 1, 2016

Navajo Native Americans live across several states in southwest United States. Their territory was once a centre of uranium mining, but that came to an end come 30 years ago. Today, with more than 500 abandoned mines scattered across the countryside, the legacy of uranium remains.

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