The Information Lab analyzed data from annual aquifer protection reports submitted by the owner of Canyon Mine (also known as Pinyon Plain Mine), a contested uranium mine near the Grand Canyon, and data scientists created this dashboard to help explain mine shaft flooding and heavy metal levels in water pumped out of the mine shaft.
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Uranium trucks are passing through Arizona, Utah, and the Navajo Nation despite strong opposition.
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Dr. Laura Crossey explains what scientists know about groundwater in the Grand Canyon region.
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