National News : Blighted Homeland

MONDAY: Toxic water
TUESDAY: Botched cleanup
WEDNESDAY: New technology
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| 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. |
| PART III Through a federal program, decontamination seemed possible. But delays and disputes thwarted the effort. |
| PART IV Demand for uranium is soaring. But the tribe vows a 'knockdown, drag-out legal battle.' |


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