A year ago, 40 men were killed in a detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. An examination by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune shows that it was the foreseen and foreseeable result of landmark shifts in U.S. border policies.
For the first time, ProPublica cataloged cleanup efforts at the country’s 48 uranium mills, seven related processing sites and numerous tailings piles.
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.