Toxic Cold War weapons legacy: Uranium mines still poisoning the U.S.

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.

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