title: Why Has It Taken So Long to Address the Problems Created by Uranium Mining in the Navajo Nation?
abstract: Following the start of uranium mining after World War II, progress toward addressing the hazards it created for workers and nearby communities was slow, taking many decades. This essay asks why it took so long and suggests several factors that might have contributed.
authors.affiliation: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA dbrugge@aol.com.
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brugge
mesh_terms: D035881:Compensation and Redress; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014481:United States; D014501:Uranium / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D014501:Uranium
keywords: Navajo; Uranium mining; history; media; native Americans; politics