A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the US government play?
OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides.
Left unsaid, and what troubled Marvin Cota’s family deep down, was that his story ended like so many others on the remote Duck Valley Indian Reservation. He was healthy for decades. They found the cancer too late.
https://apnews.com/article/native-american-agent-orange-contamination-cancer-121a13698b876ddcd67b4a13b2ad830a
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We are not living better through chemistry, we are dying because of the utter misuse of chemistry.
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