Legacy Uranium Mine Contamination and Water Quality on Tribal Lands

New!  Supreme Court upholds mining ban near Grand Canyon          (Howard FISCHER, Navajo-Hopi Observer; October 9, 2018)

https://www.nhonews.com/news/2018/oct/09/supreme-court-upholds-mining-ban-near-grand-canyon/

New!  U. S. Supreme Court keeps ban on Uranium mining at Grand Canyon  (Howard FISCHER, Arizona Capitol Times; October 1, 2018)

https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/10/01/u-s-supreme-court-keeps-ban-on-uranium-mining-at-grand-canyon/

Uranium in Canyon County:  Part 1 of 2:  Supreme Court asked to overturn decision on Grand Canyon uranium mining  (Erin FORD, Grand Canyon News; March 20, 2018)

https://www.grandcanyonnews.com/news/2018/mar/20/uranium-canyon-country-part-1-2-supreme-court-aske/

Before the U. S. approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy (Stephanie MALIN, Colorado State University, The Conversation; February 22, 2018)

https://theconversation.com/before-the-us-approves-new-uranium-mining-consider-its-toxic-legacy-91204

Selected Research Articles:

Elevated Arsenic and Uraniums Concentrations in Unregulated Water Sources on the Navajo Nation, USA  (HOOVER et al., 2017)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5425493/pdf/12403_2016_Article_226.pdf

Potential Health Risks from Uranium in Home Well Water:  An Investigation by the Apsaalooke (Crow) Tribal Research Group                  (EGGERS et al., 2015)

http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/5/1/67/pdf

Stream-Water and Groundwater Quality in and near the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Jurisditional Area:  Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma (2012-13)  [BECKER, 2014}

https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5178/pdf/sir2014-5178.pdf

Indigenous Peoples of North America:  Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Justice (HOOVER et al., 2012)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548285/pdf/ehp.1205422.pdf

Effects of Nitrate on the Stability of Uranium in a Bioreduced Region of the Subsurface (WU et al., 2010)

http://ieg.ou.edu/publication/PDF/Effects%20of%20nitrate%20on%20the%20stability%20of%20uranium%20in%20a%20bioreduced%20region%20of%20the%20subsurface.pdf

Websites:

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) [U. S. EPA]

https://www.epa.gov/iris

 

Uranium, natural (CASRN 7440-61-1)

IRIS Assessment Plan for Uranium (Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials) [Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); U. S. EPA]

https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris_drafts/recordisplay.cfm?deid=338655

Draft IRIS Assessment Plan for Uranium (Oral Reference Dose)(Scoping and Problem Formulation Materials

http://ofmpub.epa.gov/eims/eimscomm.getfile?p_download_id=534367