An Ohio woman alleged that uranium enrichment operations were the cause of her daughter’s death, according to WCMH.
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Cheyenne Dunham died in 2015 due to health issues stemming from GATA2 deficiency. Her mother, Julia, blamed the genetic disorder on exposure to refined uranium from the nearby Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, which had closed in 2001.
She has taken her case against the plant owner, Centrus Energy, to court and is seeking monetary damages for emotional distress, hospital bills, and funeral costs.
“Cheyenne Dunham, from birth until she was a teenager, regularly consumed food grown in a garden within close proximity to [the Portsmouth site], including corn, tomatoes and beans,” the legal complaint read…