The Dawn Mining has come up with a proposal to fix the damaged area of land that they mined years earlier on the Spokane Reservation, by filling it with more toxic waste. This article talks about how after many years of the mining on the Spokane Tribe’s land and then leaving it as an open-pit for radiation, the same company wants to fill it will more toxic waste as a way of fixing what they already damaged. The state of Washington originally came up with a plan for the company to pay 40 million and fill the pit with dirt to close the site, but the company complained that they did not have the finances. Instead the company proposed to fill it with low-level radioactive waste. Now the Spokane tribe, after there already being some link to cancer from the radiation that they were being exposed to in the years earlier, will be exposed to even more radioactive waste if there is not a stand taken.
The author of this article, Ben Jacklet, is a writer, editor, and publisher. He is currently enrolled in Portland State University to get his Masters while studying the need to shift from fossil fuel to other alternatives, so the article closely relative to his expertise and interests. Ben has been involved with Journalism for 28 years. Jacklet has been associated with 7 different newspapers and companies having to do with his profession and is currently employed by Shred hood as their editor and publisher. The goal of Shred Hood is to inform the Mount Hood community of news, including weather, sports, and entertainment. The article itself is a bit out of date as it was written roughly 20 years ago. The author in this particular article is addressing the people or even just the everyday newspaper reader, to inform them want is going on at the Spokane Reservation. The article is mostly opinion with some fact, it appears to be well researched, the ideas are in line with other similar works I have read, and the authors point of view seemed to be impartial.
Jacklet, B. (1996). New poison bury old ones. Progressive, 60(3), 14.
Konnie Lemay discusses in this article the dangers of Radon and breathing it, and how it greatly increases the probability of lung cancer. She talks with a member of the Spokane tribe who recently tested her house for radon and found extremely high levels, so high that it was like her household was smoking about five packs of cigarettes a day. She explains the dangers and how the Spokane Tribe has some of the highest rates of cancer in the area, because of the radon in the air and it is most likely due to the open uranium pit that was left open years earlier.
Lemay currently works at Lake Superior Magazine, where she is the editor. She studied at the University of Minnesota where she got her bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1980. This particular article does not seem to be written directly in Konnie’s area of expertise. She is associated with a reputable organization in this particular article it is Indian Country Media Network, and it stands for Serving the Nations and Celebrating the People. The article is relatively current, being published in October of 2014, so it is very applicable. The article that the author is addressing the general audience for education. The article is mostly opinion with some fact, it appears to be well researched, the ideas are in line with other similar works I have read, and the authors point of view seemed to be impartial.
Lemay, K. (2014, October 1). Radon: The Invisible Killer In Native Homes Across Indian Country. Indian Country Today. Retrieved from http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/radioactivity-spokane-reservation/
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