Deb Abrahamson blames mining pollution for her cancer, keeps fighting toxic legacy on Spokane reservation
The Midnite Mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation is pictured on the left in 2011. On the right, Deb Abrahamson, a longtime activist on the Spokane Indian Reservation who attributes her terminal cancer to the reservation’s legacy of uranium mining and processing, poses for a photo at her home in Spokane on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (Jed Conklin / The Spokesman-Review)
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