https://www.youtube.com/embed/o69WlbkwTNc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv load policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Uranium mills dumped their toxic wastes and filled cancer wards A Cold War Legacy Beyond Nuclear International What’s lurking in U.S. groundwater? By Mark Olalde, Mollie Simon and Alex Mierjeski, video by Gerardo del Valle, Liz Moughon and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.…
Mollie Mulvey was set to graduate from SMU in the spring of 2020 before heading to Chicago to study with the famed Second City comedy troupe and hopefully launch a filmmaking career.
This extensive report was produced by ProPublica writers by Mark Olalde, Mollie Simon and Alex Mierjeski. In the American government’s rush to build its Cold War nuclear arsenal, safety was sacrificed for speed.
For the first time, ProPublica has cataloged cleanup efforts at the 50-plus sites where uranium was processed to fuel the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Even after regulators say cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind.