PHA-Exchange> Parts of US are as poor as 3rd world, UN report (2)

[Claudio]

From: "Josephine Grey" <jo at lift.to>


> Worth adding that native people in the US fare no better, in fact even
> worse, as most of those on reserves are exposed to horrific env
contaminants
> from resource extraction industries on thier reserves in addition to being
> very poor. The rate of birth defects among those living near uranium
> mines -where spills are not cleaned up and no effort is made to
> decontaminate water and soil-is 5 times higher than in the white
population
> at least -on one reserve, there were 314 bdefects in a pop of only 2500
> people. It is tragic that even the UN fails to remember the ongoing
genocide
> of native people....