Uranium and arsenic unregulated water issues on Navajo lands.
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| Title: | Uranium and arsenic unregulated water issues on Navajo lands. |
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| Authors: | Ingram, Jani C.1, Jones, Lindsey2, Credo, Jonathan3, Rock, Tommy4 |
| Source: | Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology: Part A-Vacuums, Surfaces & Films. May2020, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p1-8. 8p. |
| Subjects: | Uranium mining, Arsenic in water, Drinking water standards, Uranium, Hard rock mining, Navajo (North American people) |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | The geologic profile of the western United States lends itself to naturally elevated levels of arsenic and uranium in the groundwater and can be aggravated by mining. The Navajo Nation, located in the American Southwest, is the largest contiguous Native American Nation and has over a 100-year legacy of hard rock mining. Concentrations of uranium and arsenic above drinking water standards in unregulated water sources pose various human-health risks to the Navajo Nation due to the lack of public water infrastructure that exists. Although high natural background concentrations may occur in some environments, anthropogenic contamination concerns are especially troublesome for the Navajo Nation, where past uranium mining activity and natural sources affect unregulated water supplies. Community engaged research on uranium and arsenic present in unregulated water wells in the western portion of the Navajo Nation has been a focus of the Ingram laboratory since 2003. These studies have provided important information, particularly for uranium and arsenic, to the communities and the Navajo tribal leaders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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