URANIUM, BEWARE.

A summary presentation of the article, The Legacy of Uranium Development on or Near Indian Reservations and Health Implications Rekindling Public Awareness.

By Pesa Coslow

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• Fact: Continued exposure to radioactive materials can cause severe health problems.

• Issue: Uranium development has contributed to many long-lived health effects in Native American populations.

• Article Aim: to rekindle public awareness of the plight of Native American communities living with the legacy of uranium procurement.

INTRODUCTION

THE QUEST FOR URANIUM

• Mining, Manufacturing, Testing• Manhattan Project 1943 (Navajo)

• Hanford Nuclear (Colville Conf.Tribes, Spokane, Kalispel, Kootenai, Coeur D’Alene, Nez Perce, Conf. Tribes of Umatilla, Conf. Tribes of Warm Springs, and Yakima Nation)

• Colorado Plateau (Navajo, Southern Ute, Ute Mountain, Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, and Pueblo)

• Trinity Site 1945 (Mescalero Apache)

• Church Rock 1979 (Navajo Nation)

• Navajo Nation

• Laguna Pueblo Tribe

• Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Nations

• Sioux Nations

• Spokane Nation

SOME AFFECTED GROUPS

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HEALTH AND DISPARITIES

• Indian Health Service

• Environmental Health Services program

• Data disparities

• Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

• The reader is encouraged to explore these topics further and become aware of the issues.

• Reference:

• Geosciences 2015, 5, 15-29; doi:10.3390/geosciences5010015

CONCLUSION

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Geosciences 2015, 5, 15-29; doi:10.3390/geosciences5010015

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