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020			_z9781439100462 (ebook)
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100	1		_aPasternak, Judy, _d1956-
245	1	0	_aYellow dirt : _ban American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed / _cJudy Pasternak.
250			_a1st Free Press hardcover ed.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bFree Press, _c2010.
300			_axiii, 317 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., map ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-304) and index.
505	0		_aS-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush. The patriarch : discovery. The special rocks ; The secret quest ; Jumping on the king -- The son : fear and frenzy -- The power of Åeetso ; Cold War ; The obstacle ; A hundred tons a day ; Endings ; Toxic legacy. The grandchildren : aftermath. Fallout ; Avalanche of suspicion ; A blind eye and a deaf ear -- The great-grandchildren : death and awakening. "Hear our voices" ; Under scrutiny from every angle ; Resistance ; Ghosts ; Beginnings -- The steeple.
520			_a"Yellow Dirt offers readers a window into a dark chapter of modern history that still reverberates today. From the 1940s into the early twenty-first century, the United States knowingly used and discarded an entire tribe for the sake of atomic bombs. Secretly, during the days of the Manhattan Project and then in a frenzy during the Cold War, the government bought up all the uranium that could be mined from the hundreds of rich deposits entombed under the sagebrush plains and sandstone cliffs. Despite warnings from physicians and scientists that long-term exposure could be harmful, even fatal, thousands of miners would work there unprotected. A second set of warnings emerged about the environmental impact. Yet even now, long after the uranium boom ended, and long after national security could be cited as a consideration, many residents are still surrounded by contaminated air, water, and soil. The radioactive 'yellow dirt' has ended up in their playgrounds, in their bread ovens, in their churches, and even in their garbage dumps. And they are still dying"--Cover, p. 2.
650		0	_aNavajo Indians _xGovernment relations _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aNavajo Indians _xHealth and hygiene _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aNavajo Indians _vBiography.
650		0	_aUranium mines and mining _xPolitical aspects _zSouthwest, New _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aUranium mines and mining _xSocial aspects _zSouthwest, New _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aRadiation _xHealth aspects _zSouthwest, New _xHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aNavajo Indian Reservation _xHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aSouthwest, New _xEthnic relations _xHistory _y20th century.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2010005546-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2010005546-d.html
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