For Some Native Americans, Uranium Contamination Feels Like Discrimination [npr.org]
Helen Nez had 10 children. Now she only has three. Seven of her children died of a disorder called Navajo neuropathy , which is linked to uranium contamination. "Many people died and some have liver disease, kidney disease and some suffer from cancer as a result," Nez said through a translator. When she was pregnant, Nez and her children drank from a spring, located on Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, with uranium levels at least five times greater than safe drinking water standards,...