Blighted Homeland
A peril that dwelt among the Navajos
During the Cold War, uranium mines left contaminated waste scattered around the Indians. Homes built with the material silently pulsed with radiation. People developed cancer. And the U.S. did little to help.
By Judy Pasternak, Times Staff Writer
judy.pasternak@latimes.com
November 19, 2006
Oljato, Utah — Mary (...)