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Pasternak quotes AEC safety inspector Ralph Batie telling a Denver Post reporter in 1949: "Definite radiation hazards exist in all the plants now operating."

Judy Pasternak's Navajo uranium study "Yellow Dirt," reviewed by Ann Cummins Ann Cummins 2010

Pasternak quotes AEC safety inspector Ralph Batie telling a Denver Post reporter in 1949: "Definite radiation hazards exist in all the plants now operating."

Judy Pasternak's Navajo uranium study "Yellow Dirt," reviewed by Ann Cummins Ann Cummins 2010

After repeated memos from Batie and those he had inspired, Jesse Johnson must have understood the danger they were in, but it is unlikely that he had much to say on the subject.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

Batie traveled east for lessons from his friends on how to use radiation detectors.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

On August 30, only a day after Johnson told the Grand Junction managers to rein in Ralph Batie, a coalition from Colorado—including the state health department, the bureau of mines, and the Colorado Industrial Commission—formally requested the surgeon general—head of the PHS—to examine the risk to workers.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

He was well aware of the cancer concerns after the Batie dust-up, but he made no mention of those in his dealings with the Office of Indian Affairs on the subject of the study.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

He put Ralph Batie and Duncan Holaday and some of their colleagues on the stand.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

Ralph Batie, who had started all the uproar, refused to give up.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

Ralph V. Batie AEC health and safety chief in Colorado.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010

The shorter article noted that Ralph V. Batie … confirmed the findings of the state officials.

Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010