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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2026

Characterization of Carcinogenic and Non-Carcinogenic Metal(loid)s in Water Within a Uranium-Mining-Impacted Region in Northwestern New Mexico, USA.

Christine Samuel-Nakamura, Abdul-Mehdi S Ali

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Christine Samuel-NakamuraSchool of Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 4-246 Factor Bldg., Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Abdul-Mehdi S AliDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall MSCO 3-2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.

Funding

Women's CancersP30CA016042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Robert Damoiseaux · 1985 to 2026
$134.5M
Arsenic and other co-metals in the San Carlos Apache drinking waterK01CA249042 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SAMUEL-NAKAMURA, CHRISTINE · 2021 to 2025
$785k
Uranium in Food Grown in an American Indian CommunityF31NR013102 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SAMUEL-NAKAMURA, CHRISTINE · 2011 to 2013
$69k
NCI NIH HHS K01 CA249042NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016042NINR NIH HHS F31 NR013102NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008412
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More than 500 unreclaimed mines and about 1100 associated waste sites remain on the Navajo Nation as a result of uranium (U) mining. This study evaluated the impact of U-mining water contamination in a region of Northwestern New Mexico. The goal of this study was to determine historical baseline concentrations of selected metal(loid)s: those found to be highly associated with cancer (arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb)) and other associated metals: cesium (Cs), molybdenum (Mo), selenium (Se), thorium (Th), U, and vanadium (V), using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Cadmium drinking water concentrations (10.64 μg/L) exceeded the United States Environmental Protection Agency Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) of 5 μg/L. Overall, water mean concentration levels were 11.04 μg/L of Pb, 4.21 μg/L of As, 3.53 μg/L of U, 278.67 μg/L for Mo, 21.70 μg/L for V, 2.39 μg/L for Cs, and 7.75 μg/L for Se. These findings underscore the importance of improving access to safer water sources and highlight the need for continued environmental monitoring and research on exposure pathways associated with carcinogenicity and other negative health outcomes.

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CarcinogensMiningUraniumWater Pollutants, ChemicalDrinking WaterEnvironmental MonitoringNew MexicoCarcinogensDrinking WaterUraniumWater Pollutants, ChemicalAmerican Indianarseniccadmiumcancercarcinogenenvironmental justiceminingNavajouraniumwater

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PMID42354330
PMCPMC13300681

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