Doug Brugge|Robert Goble
The History of Uranium Mining and the Navajo People
Clark University|Tufts University|Clark University|Tufts University
world war ii 1971 government sole purchaser uranium ore united states uranium mining occurred mostly southwestern united states drew many native americans others work mines mills despite long welldeveloped understanding based european experience earlier century uranium mining led high rates lung cancer protections provided us miners 1962 adoption time slow incomplete resulting high rates illness among miners led 1990 passage radiation exposure compensation act