Worse than that, birth defects among Navaho children are now epidemic. A study found that the level of birth defects there is of greater number and greater severity than that caused by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts combined. These consequences are only from uranium mining and the wastes it generates, so do not include any of the possible damage from nuclear reactor accidents or reactor-generated wastes, about which entire books have been written. The suffering from these birth defects will go on for generation after generation. In recent years there's been an outbreak of uranium mining going on in Canada, and the Native people there are threatened with a replay.
Oil is currently a major source of energy, and is used to make electricity.
The volume of toxic chemicals spilled by oil companies in Ecuador alone is several times that of the Exxon Valdez. This includes arsenic, lead, mercury, cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, etc, as well as crude oil. Locals are forced to drink contaminated water, since there are no uncontaminated rivers any more. Their homes and orchards are destroyed or confiscated without compensation. If anyone complains about any of this, they are labelled subversive and the army may pay a visit.