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Environment and health experts gather for Wyatt Symposium on April 20

The Wyatt symposium honors the legacy of John P. Wyatt, M.D., and his pioneering environmental clinical research on air pollution and lung pathology. Universities and agencies from across the state have partnered to present research and practice on the environment and its impact on health. Johnnye Lewis, Ph.D., will present the noon keynote: “Partnering with Indigenous Communities on Uranium Exposure Science: From Populations to Mechanisms to Interventions.” ....

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EPA awards $220 million contracts for uranium mine cleanup


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An old United Nuclear Corp. building near the Church Rock uranium mine, northeast of Gallup. The EPA has awarded $220 million in contracts for cleanup of 50 abandoned uranium mine sites in the region. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)
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The U.S. nuclear weapons program during the Cold War required a steady supply of uranium. But, after 30 million tons of the metal were extracted from Navajo lands, about 500 mine sites were left behind.
Now, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded contracts worth $220 million to three companies to clean up 50 abandoned uranium mine sites near Grants and on the Navajo Nation. ....

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