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National News : Blighted Homeland

focuses on the legacy of death, disease, and contamination, with the last part supposedly about the new threats of uranium development. Includes audio slide show.
ABOUT THIS SERIES
From 1944 to 1986, 3.9 million tons of uranium ore were dug and blasted from Navajo soil, nearly all of it for America's atomic arsenal. Navajos inhaled radioactive dust, drank contaminated water and built homes using rock from the mines and mills. Many of the dangers persist to this day. This four-part series examines the legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo reservation.
SUNDAY: Unaware of the danger
MONDAY: Toxic water
TUESDAY: Botched cleanup
WEDNESDAY: New technology

Blighted Homeland
Elsie Begay believes a contaminated hogan like this one caused her sons' deaths at ages 25 and 38.
PART I
During the Cold War, uranium mines left contaminated waste scattered around the Navajo Nation. Homes built with it silently pulsed with radiation. People developed cancer. And the U.S. did little to help.
PART II
Rain-filled uranium pits provided drinking water for people and animals. Then, a mysterious wasting illness emerged.
Blighted Homeland


PART III
Through a federal program, decontamination seemed possible. But delays and disputes thwarted the effort.
Blighted Homeland


PART IV
Demand for uranium is soaring. But the tribe vows a 'knockdown, drag-out legal battle.'
Blighted Homeland
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-navajo-series,0,4515615.special?coll=la-ome-headlines 
Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 03:23PM by Registered CommenterGregor Gable | CommentsPost a Comment

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