{"id":77963,"date":"2019-03-20T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=77963"},"modified":"2019-03-20T16:02:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T21:02:33","slug":"water-contamination-threat-continues-for-the-navajo-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/water-contamination-threat-continues-for-the-navajo-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Water contamination threat continues for the Navajo Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Lily Qi and Lu Zhao<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Uranium, arsenic, lead \u2026 have you ever thought about these metals contaminating the water you use and drink every day? Once they reach a certain level, these elements can cause illness and even endanger your life. This is what has been happening in the Navajo Nation with its centuries old history and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Spread across portions of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, the Navajo Nation possesses the largest land among Indigenous tribes. The territory encompasses spectacular scenery across vast areas but that makes it harder to test and address the water contamination problem on this land.<\/p>\n<p>How severe is the contamination? Earlier this month, we took a reporting trip to the Navajo Nation to observe and inquire. Listen to the podcast and see what we found out about the water there.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Water Contamination by Lu\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F593192103&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Podcast by Lily Qi and Lu Zhao\/Medill<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Navajo Boy Webisode 3 Elsie Visits Washington DC\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/325194257?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Elsie went to Capitol Hill in 2008 to screen the documentary &#8220;The Return of Navajo Boy,&#8221; directed by Jeff Spitz. (Courtesy of Groundswell Educational Films)<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77964\" style=\"width: 2742px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77964 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Elsie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2742\" height=\"1476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Elsie.jpeg 2742w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Elsie-300x161.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Elsie-768x413.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Elsie-1024x551.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2742px) 100vw, 2742px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A still from Jeff Spitz&#8217;s film &#8220;The Return of Navajo Boy&#8221; showing Elsie\u2019s home. \u201cIf you were in the part of Monument Valley where they live you are surrounded by red rocks; every rock there is red,\u201d Spitz said. (Courtesy of Jeff Spitz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77965\" style=\"width: 993px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/map-abandoned-mines.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"993\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/map-abandoned-mines.png 993w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/map-abandoned-mines-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/map-abandoned-mines-768x527.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 500 abandoned uranium mines spread across Navajo Nation. (US EPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77967\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-77967 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/IMG_9998.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/IMG_9998.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/IMG_9998-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/IMG_9998-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/IMG_9998-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canyon de Chelly Nation Monument, a national park in northeastern Arizona on the Navajo reservation. (Lu Zhao\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: A Map shows the water quality of wells on the Navajo Nation. Red, yellow and green dots represent more, some and less risk. (Courtesy of Franz Geiger, Northwestern University)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lily Qi and Lu Zhao Medill Reports Uranium, arsenic, lead \u2026 have you ever thought about these metals contaminating the water you use and drink every day? Once they reach a certain level, these elements can cause illness and even endanger your life. 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