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A generational battle: How a tribe’s concern over mining contamination on ancestral homelands brought Biden to Arizona

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Uranium Mining and its Impact on the Grand Canyon

This chapter explores the environmental and water consequences of uranium mining in the Grand Canyon region, highlighting legal battles and the debate surrounding the impact on regional water sources. It also discusses the composition of the aquifer system and contamination caused by mining operations.

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