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Yellow dirt: an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed
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Published:
New York, NY : Free Press, 2010.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
ISBN:
9781416594826, 1416594825
Status:
EVLD Eagle Public Library
979.1004 PAS
Description

"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.

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Physical Desc:
xiii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language:
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.
Description
"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.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Pasternak, J. (2010). Yellow dirt: an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York, NY, Free Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Pasternak, Judy, 1956-. 2010. Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed. New York, NY, Free Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Pasternak, Judy, 1956-, Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed. New York, NY, Free Press, 2010.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Pasternak, Judy. Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York, NY, Free Press, 2010.

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