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Those sickened by U.S. nuclear testing program take their fight to Congress
NPR· 47 minutes agoIn all, the Justice Department program has disbursed $2.7 billion in payments to more 40...Speaker Mike Johnson. Martinez White grew up in a community 45 miles from the site of the first < ...
Deseret News archives: Atomic bomb tests rattled Americans in the West
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoAgain and again? On May 15, 1955, the U.S. military finished a series of atomic tests in southern...
The Scandalous Science Behind Nuclear Regulation
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMuller's influence peaked during the Cold War, as fears of radioactive fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons testing dominated public discourse. He...
Iran could go nuclear if threatened, top officials warn as Middle East tensions rise
Semafor via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOne prominent moderate Iranian activist said that Israel’s attack on the Iranian Embassy in Syria...
Downwinders in D.C. lobbying House to pass compensation for radiation exposure
Santa Fe New Mexican· 2 days agoMore than 30 years after the Cold War ended, the legacy of nuclear testing and the uranium mined to...
Modern-day lessons from Hiroshima
Mother Jones· 6 days agoThe newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. For four...
Advocates want to expand compensation for downwinders, but Utahns in Congress worry about price tag
Idaho Capital Sun via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCongress is considering two competing bills that would continue compensating people who were...
Downwinder groups blast Utah congressional delegation for opposing radiation compensation expansion
The Salt Lake Tribune· 5 days ago“Downwinders” is the term applied to the roughly 60,000 people, who were exposed to harmful...
The deranged Planet of the Apes sequels Charlton Heston tried to kill
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCharlton Heston did not want to return to the Planet of the Apes. The original film, released in...
10 best Planet of the Apes movies, ranked
Digital Trends via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEven after 50 years, the Planet of the Apes franchise is still great. With 2024's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in theaters, DT ranks the best Apes...