The Navajo indian leadership is blaming the Environmental Protection Agency for an uptick in suicides, a result of the slow pace of the cleanup of the Animus River following a toxic spill at a gold mine in Colorado. “People so value the water, the river, Navajo people do. I think the stress knowing that it’s polluted and frankly there are still some unknowns," said the director of the Navajo public health agency.  Daily Beast: Begaye told The Daily Beast he was concerned that the destruction caused by the Colorado’s Gold King Mine spill last August may be contributing to the suicide uptick and that the drawn-out clean-up efforts exacerbate the struggles that members of his community already face. He added that the Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disaster—which he characterized as inefficient and counter-productive—added additional stress to a community already on edge. “One of the things that they...(Read Full Post)