House Democrats Call for Action Cleaning Abandoned Uranium Mines on Navajo Nation Land

WASHINGTON (April 19, 2012) - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) joined six House Democrats calling for “urgent action” to clean up hundreds of abandoned uranium mines that pose extreme public health risks to residents of the Navajo Nation Reservation, in letters Thursday to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Energy (DOE) and Indian Health Service (IHS).

Reps. Ben Ray Lujan and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico; Ed Pastor and Raul Grijalva of Arizona; Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Dale Kildee. (D-Mich.), all joined in signing the letters to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and IHS Director Yvette Roubideaux.The letter to EPA and DOE can be found HERE. The letter to HIS can be found HERE.