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uranium arsenic order ph levels too high. so. drinkable. dustin is a photographer and an activist. he is also involved in the fight to stop canyon mine from reopening. frustrated with the authorities dustin and his fellow campaigners interrupt the mine operators transportation or hauling routes. hall know is an indigenous led volunteer group in addition to spreading awareness of the issues they want to prevent uranium from canyon mine being transported through the middle of the reservation to a processing plant. dustin s grandmother cecilia jo is proud of his commitment she is the head of their family. the navajo are traditionally a matriarchal society.
cecilia jo worked in a uranium mine while still a young girl she was just eleven the first time she loaded the radioactive war on two horses with her bare hands her sole payment was food. years later in adulthood she was diagnosed with bowel cancer she was given a one time compensation payment but no long term support. if your grandson s campaign fails to bring progress a dozen trucks a day hauling high grade uranium ore from canyon mine might soon be permitted to pass by cecilia s settlement. and. it s a building the wind will blow the contaminated dust over to us people will breathe it in and become sick just as i did from working in the mine. i had cancer my tumor was the size of