Navajo Nation plans legal action against EPA over contaminated water

Of the many communities affected by the 3 million gallons of mine wastewater spilled into the Animas River and beyond, the Navajo Nation has had the sharpest criticisms for the Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA, after all, is responsible for the spill of the toxic pollutants from the Gold King Mine in Colorado. The orange sludge flowed from the Animas River in Colorado into New Mexico, where it met and started following the San Juan River, a key source of water for Navajo communities.

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