Tuesday, August 1, 2023 – Oppenheimer’s lasting nuclear threat for tribes
Native America Calling
English - August 01, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 106 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Monday, July 31, 2023 – The lack of reservation law enforcement
Native American ranchers and other rural New Mexico residents were among those who saw the flash of the first test of the atomic bomb in 1945. Descendants of the people downwind of the blast say they continue to pay the price with serious health conditions - and tribes also complain leaching from uranium mines to fuel subsequent nuclear reactors pose a daily health threat.