Uranium Health Studies:
General Population Studies

• Few studies of community or family health have been done in the last 50+ years of uranium mining on Navajo lands, with two exceptions:
• Shiprock birth defects study — Shields, et al., 1992
  • increased incidence of birth defects in children born to Navajo women in Shiprock S.U.
  • weak association with mother living near uranium mill tailings or mine waste dumps
• "Navajo Neuropathy" — Rosen and Mushak, 2000
  • progressive deterioration of central nervous system from excessive exposure to heavy metals, radionuclides;
  • onset in early childhood; observed in 37 Navajos

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