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Https://www.youtube.com/embed/o69WlbkwTNc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent Uranium mills dumped their toxic wastes and filled cancer wards A Cold War Legacy — Beyond Nuclear International What’s lurking in U.S. groundwater? By Mark Olalde, Mollie Simon and Alex Mierjeski, video by Gerardo del Valle, Liz Moughon and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons This story was originally published by ProPublic...

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In the rush to build the nuclear arsenal that won the Cold War, safety was sacrificed for speed. Mining companies built dozens of mills and processing sites to refine uranium ore. But the government didn’t have a plan for the toxic byproducts, many of which are known to cause health problems. Reporters from the nonprofit ProPublica investigated the impact on water sources.

While the U.S. achieved Cold War victory decades ago and has since covered or capped some 80 percent of leftover milling waste – called tailings – a monthslong investigation by ProPublica found that it’s a different story below ground, where uranium and other toxic elements left behind by the Cold War continue to pollute groundwater across the country.

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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Everything you need to know about the Senate deal — and what comes next.

NM Environment Review is a weekly newsletter that is sent out every Thursday. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox. Hello everyone, A lot of news following the Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act has focused on provisions to help address climate change, like making it easier for people to purchase […]