He worked to clean up sites contaminated with uranium in San Juan County. When he got sick, it took years to get compensation.
Radiation victims, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez are calling on Congress to extend and expand compensation program for uranium workers.
(Chip Thomas) Moren Binale stands outside the Mexican Hat superfund site May 31, 2022, where he worked on uranium remediation efforts in the 1990s that likely contributed to a chronic lung condition.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.