Nuclear buildup sickened his Navajo community. Then it caught up with him. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120122_nuclear_navajo_effects/nuclear-buildup-sickened-his-navajo-community-then-it-caught-up-with-him/
Companies extracted an estimated 30 million tons of uranium ore on or near the Navajo Nation - largely for the U.S. government’s nuclear arsenal and in later years for commercial purposes - that left a trail of radioactive waste that — is largely unremediated and is still causing harm.
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