Navajo Nation Slams Door on Deal That Would Have Allowed Uranium Mining

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2. A lot of their people were miners back in the bad old days

and as bad as coal mining is, uranium mining is 1000X worse for your health, especially if the mining company is pre OSHA and doesn't care if it kills you.

And it did, 10-20 years down the line. I took care of some of the people who worked in those mines.

The Navajo people are far from stupid and they have very long memories. That uranium is just going to have to stay in the ground.