W.A.R.N. Report 1980

Full downloadable text of the 1980 W.A.R.N. Report, showing massive, widespread problems with Indian health.  The report details high levels of bone cancer, infant mortality and a miscarriage rate seven times the national average.  It points to the immediate need for a systematic study of water quality in Indian country, with specific emphasis on Uranium and its tailing toxins, as well as dioxin, the active element in Agent Orange, used for crop-dusting at nearby Martin, South Dakota.  Tests at Oglala and Manderson were shown to have Uranium rates of 25 & 19 pico curies per litre of water, a rate far in excess of 15, the national limit EPA Limit for Uranium, a standard that is itself considered too high by Joe Wagoner of Public Health Services.  The report also calls for tests to determine the prevalence of chemicals from pesticides such as Malathion & Toxaphane.

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Table of Contents

I. Background

II. Work Completed by the Health Study

III. Findings

Poor Statistics – Lack of Information

Serious medical Conditions

Radioactivity

Poor Well Maintenance

Possible Chemical Contamination
-Toxaphene
-Agent Orange, Dioxin, 24D, 245T
-’1080′
-Zinc Phosphide
-Malathion
-Sevin, Faradon
-Gunnery Range retained area

Poor Media Coverage

IV. Recommendations for Tribal Government

V. Footnotes

Appendix