Judy Pasternak, formerly an environmental writer for the Los Angeles Times, recently released her new book, Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed .
Excerpted from Christian Science Monitor book review:
The book traces 80 years of uranium mining and its lethal aftereffects on Navajo residents living near “Four Corners,” where Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico intersect. It’s a tragic story that’s not over yet: As recently as 2008, some 4,000 Navajos were still drinking water from wells contaminated by years of industrial greed and US governmental neglect.
Read the rest of the Christian Science Monitor review here.
