'Uranium contamination in a system like this is forever and while the mining company can walk away, the Havasupai tribe can't,' says GrandCanynTrust's amberw229. 'This is, and always has been, their home.'
The mine... has a history of flooding as it depletes shallow groundwater aquifers that express at South Rim springs. It also threatens to permanently contaminate deep aquifers that feed Havasu Creek and other springs. The approval comes despite calls by the Havasupai Tribe and conservation groups to close the Pinyon Plain Mine given its risks to water and tribal cultural resources...
Since 2016, dissolved uranium in that water has consistently exceeded federal toxicity limits by more than 300% and arsenic levels by more than 2,800%. Asserting that"uranium mines do not belong among the complex groundwater systems that surround the Grand Canyon," Amber Reimondo, energy director for the Grand Canyon Trust, said that"uranium contamination in a system like this is forever and while the mining company can walk away, the Havasupai tribe can't. This is, and always has been, their home.
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