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Title The river that harms / USC School of Journalism ; Varitel Video ; produced, directed & written by Colleen Keane
Published San Francisco, CA : Video Project, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (46 min.)
Summary This illuminating film documents the largest radioactive waste spill in U.S. history - a national tragedy that received little attention. With the sound of a thunderclap, 94 million gallons of water contaminated with uranium mining waste broke through a United Nuclear Corporation storage dam in 1979. The water poured into the Puerco River in New Mexico - the main water supply for the Navajo Indians that live along the river, and a tributary of the major source of water for Los Angeles. Navajo ranchers, their children, and farm animals waded through the river unaware of the danger. The River That Harms tells the story of this tragedy and the toll it continues to take on the Navajos, who lost the use of their water. To the Navajos, this event is also a prophetic warning for all humanity
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed April 03, 2017)
In English
Subject Uranium mill tailings -- Environmental aspects -- Puerco River Watershed (N.M. and Ariz.)
Radioactive waste disposal -- Puerco River Watershed (N.M. and Ariz.)
Uranium mines and mining -- New Mexico
Navajo Indians -- Water-supply
Radioactive waste disposal.
Uranium mill tailings -- Environmental aspects.
Uranium mines and mining.
New Mexico.
United States -- Puerco River Watershed.
Genre/Form documentary film.
Documentary films.
Environmental films.
Documentary films.
Environmental films.
Documentaires.
Films environnementaux.
Form Streaming video
Author Keane, Colleen, producer, director, screenwriter
Campanella, Joseph, narrator
University of Southern California. School of Journalism, production company.