Environmental
In New Mexico, uranium mining legacy contamination is a concern particularly in which part of the state?
AEastern New Mexico (Chaves County)
BNorthwestern New Mexico (Grants/Cibola County area)✓ Correct
CSouthern New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
DNortheastern New Mexico (Colfax County)
Explanation
The Grants Mineral Belt in northwestern New Mexico (Cibola, McKinley, and Valencia counties) was the site of extensive uranium mining from the 1940s–1980s, leaving significant legacy contamination issues.
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