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| Τίτλος: |
The History of Uranium Mining and the Navajo People. |
| Συγγραφείς: |
Brugge, Doug1 dbrugge@aol.com, Goble, Rob2 |
| Πηγή: |
American Journal of Public Health. Sep2002, Vol. 92 Issue 9, p1410-1419. 10p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Map. |
| Θεματικοί όροι: |
*Uranium mining, *Miners, *Lung cancer, *Uranium ores, *Radiation exposure, *Diseases |
| Γεωγραφικοί όροι: |
United States |
| Περίληψη: |
From World War I until 1971, the government was the sole purchaser of uranium ore in the United States. Uranium mining occurred mostly in the southwestern United States and drew many Native Americans and others into work in the mines and mills. Despite a long and well-developed understanding, based on the European experience earlier in the century, that uranium mining led to high rates of lung cancer, few protections were provided for US miners before 1962 and their adoption after that time was slow and incomplete. The resulting high rates of illness among miners led in 1990 to passage of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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