IHS to participate in uranium exposure monitoring

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Kathy Helms
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — By the end of the year, Indian Health Service will begin medical monitoring clinics across the Navajo Nation to screen individuals for non-job-related exposure to uranium.

Dr. Douglas Peter, chief medical officer and deputy director for the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, said IHS was charged with conducting the study during discussions with U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., as part of a five-year plan to address uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation.

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