'Out of the nearly 800 Navajo women who participated in the study, over a quarter tested positive for high uranium levels.'
A federally funded study conducted by the University of New Mexico found that hundreds of Navajo women have dangerously high levels of uranium in their bodies. The study is extremely concerning considering the abandoned uranium mines , that are likely responsible for this poisoning, have been closed since 1986. Yet, the effects of this operation continue to place people dwelling within the Navajo nation at serious risk.
ADVERTISEMENT Out of the nearly 800 Navajo women who participated in the study, over a quarter tested positive for high uranium levels. A group of babies within the Navajo tribe tested positive for high levels of uranium as well. To be clear, this is an act of environmental racism and misogyny and it’s all the U.S. government’s fault. How do we know this? Well, let’s take a trip down memory lane to the Cold War...
According to The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, over 500 uranium mines were built on the land. Between the years of 1944 and 1986 when the uranium mines on the Navajo Nation were active, nearly 30 million tons of uranium were extracted from the land to use for various reasons. The military used the metal to build military shielding, weapons, planes, helicopters, and also to fuel nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants. All the military’s favorite things .
She opened up about her close relative's hearing loss due to uranium exposure while speaking at the Indian Affairs committee oversight hearing this past Tuesday. “We all deserve to live healthy lives free from the impacts of harmful radiation, but the legacy of uranium mining in Indian Country puts our communities at risk.
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