ReviewCurrent environmental health reports2017
Mining and Environmental Health Disparities in Native American Communities.
Review in Current environmental health reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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99 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.
- Contribution of arsenic and uranium in private wells and community water systems to urinary biomarkers in US adults: The Strong Heart Study and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024Pooled it
- Associations of drinking water and urinary uranium with incident diabetes among U.S. adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Strong Heart Family Study.Environmental research · 2026Article
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- Characterization of Carcinogenic and Non-Carcinogenic Metal(loid)s in Water Within a Uranium-Mining-Impacted Region in Northwestern New Mexico, USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Practicing community-based research in GIScience and geography - a case study with an Indigenous community, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned.Cartography and geographic information science · 2026Article
- Surface Variable-Based Machine Learning for Scalable Arsenic Prediction in Undersampled Areas.GeoHealth · 2026Article
- Air Pollution Levels in American Indian Communities in the Great Plains and Southwest: The Strong Heart Study.Atmospheric pollution research · 2026Article
- Isoscapes as a Regional-Scale Tool for Tracing Groundwater Uranium Cycling in the Northern Plains, United States.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Assessing Social Determinants of Health in Transplantation and CAR-T Recipients: Expert Panel Recommendations from the Survivorship Special Interest Group of ASTCT.Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2025Review
- Extracellular vesicle proteomic expression is influenced by mining tenure in former uranium miners.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Dryland ecosystem regeneration and plant metal(loid) accumulation strategies 60 years after revegetating a mine tailings pond.The Science of the total environment · 2025Article
- SPECIAL ISSUE The Promises and Pitfalls of "Clean Energy Transitions": Introduction to the Special Issue.Environment and society · 2025Article
- Isotopic Fractionation of Natural Uranium in Mice as a Potential Biomarker of Renal Accumulation.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Inverse probability weighting to estimate impacts of hypothetical occupational limits on radon exposure to reduce lung cancer.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Geographic and dietary differences of urinary uranium levels in the Strong Heart Family Study.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Uranium Exposure, Hypertension, and Blood Pressure in the Strong Heart Family Study.Preventing chronic disease · 2025Article
- Uranium exposure and kidney tubule biomarkers in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).Environmental research · 2025Article
- Ecosystem Drivers of Freshwater Mercury Bioaccumulation Are Context-Dependent: Insights from Continental-Scale Modeling.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Zinc as a Mechanism-Based Strategy for Mitigation of Metals Toxicity.Current environmental health reports · 2025Review
- Impact of Structural Racism and Social Determinants of Health on Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality.Cancer research · 2024Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewMore than a century of hard rock mining has left a legacy of >160,000 abandoned mines in the Western USA that are home to the majority of Native American lands. This article describes how abrogation of treaty rights, ineffective policies, lack of infrastructure, and a lack of research in Native communities converge to create chronic exposure, ill-defined risks, and tribal health concerns. RECENT
findingsRecent results show that Native Americans living near abandoned uranium mines have an increased likelihood for kidney disease and hypertension, and an increased likelihood of developing multiple chronic diseases linked to their proximity to the mine waste and activities bringing them in contact with the waste. Biomonitoring confirms higher than expected exposure to uranium and associated metals in the waste in adults, neonates, and children in these communities. These sites will not be cleaned up for many generations making it critical to understand and prioritize exposure-toxicity relationships in Native populations to appropriately allocate limited resources to protect health. Recent initiatives, in partnership with Native communities, recognize these needs and support development of tribal research capacity to ensure that research respectful of tribal culture and policies can address concerns in the future. In addition, recognition of the risks posed by these abandoned sites should inform policy change to protect community health in the future.
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