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Navajo Nation Water Safety Research Enhances Access
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Since the dawn of uranium mining in the American Southwest, residents of the Navajo Nation have grappled with the grim health effects of exposure to radioactive material. That’s why NAU chemistry professor Jani Ingram and a team of researchers, in partnership with Navajo Nation leaders, have been working to help these communities access safe, chemical-free drinking water. About a third of households on the Navajo Nation don’t have access to piped water and rely largely on well water as a drinking source. But because of the region’s extensive history of uranium…
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