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IRC Americas Program | Indigenous Peoples Call for Global Ban on Uranium Mining - 0 views

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  • Major challenges For years uranium mining was shrouded in secrecy as part of the Cold War and its victims were isolated. Compensation has been hard to win in the courts and although recognized in the 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act for Navajo Uranium Miners, only a small percentage of mining families have received their due. A general lack of political power in indigenous communities makes them easy marks for dangerous uranium mining and dumping projects. The rising price of uranium has caused renewed pressure on indigenous lands.
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