Diné Uranium History
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- Health Impacts
Excess lung cancer, nonmalignant respiratory diseases in
Navajo underground miners
Few population health studies, many community concerns
- Environmental Impacts
>1,100 mines, 4 mills abandoned late-'50s to early-'80s
Active mining, milling in Grants area, 1950 thru mid-'80s
Church Rock Dam Break, Tailings Spill July '79
- Law and Policy Initiatives
UMTRA cleanup program enacted in 1978
RECA enacted in 1990; RECA amendments, 2000
Executive Order Moratorium issued 1992
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