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Uranium sickened Navajo who worked in the mines and contaminated the mountains where they hunted, grazed livestock and gathered plants for medicines and ceremonies.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has added five sites to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“Superfund”) National.
The area around the former Exide battery plant in Laureldale and Muhlenberg Township may still contain harmful levels of toxic materials, according to the EPA.