Reservation homes and schools were built with nuclear waste. Exposed families continue to suffer high rates of cancer, childhood leukemia, thyroid disease and birth defects. The Nevada Test Site, where the U.S. and Great Britain have conducted over 1,000 weapons tests, is on the land of the Western Shoshone nation, acknowledged by the U.S. in the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley. Paiute and other communities immediately downwind have suffered devastating illness and loss of life. Now, the United States is making every effort to dump the deadly legacy of the nuclear age on Native American people.
All sites being considered for temporary or permanent storage are on Native lands.
This radiation doesn't care what color you are, who drinks the water or who breathes the air. We have to unite as one people and put a stop to this, or there won't be a life left for any of us. Tell the government to stop making nuclear waste. The President 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.