ProPublicaIn America’s rush to build the #nuclear arsenal that won the Cold War, safety was sacrificed for speed.
#Uranium mills that helped fuel the weapons also dumped #radioactive and toxic waste into rivers. Thousands of sheep turned blue & died after foraging on tainted land. #Cancer wards across the West swelled with sick uranium workers.
The government bankrolled the industry but didn’t have a plan for the toxic byproducts of this nuclear assembly line.
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The Cold War Legacy Lurking in U.S. Groundwater
For the first time, ProPublica has cataloged cleanup efforts at the 50-plus sites where uranium was processed to fuel the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Even after regulators say cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind.
Rachel Martin