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Youth coordinator and a founding member of SHAWL (Sovereignty, Health, Air, Water, Land) Society, a grassroots organization whose major focus involves developing community education and strategies to address impacts of radiation exposure due to over fifty years of uranium mining on the Spokane Reservation.
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Radiation Exposure from 50 Years of Uranium Mining Continues to Affect Spokane Indian Reservation
We speak with Twa-le Abrahamson of the Spokane Indian Reservation, where the only uranium mining in Washington State took place. She helped found the SHAWL (Sovereignty, Health, Air, Water, and Land) Society, which addresses the impact of radiation exposure caused by over fifty years of uranium mining in the area. [includes rush transcript]April 21, 2009 | Story
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
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