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Federal program to compensate downwinders expires after Republicans block it
Arizona Mirror via Yahoo News· 5 days agoKathleen Tsosie was in Washington, D.C., mere weeks ago, advocating for expanding the Radiation...
Don’t Believe the Military. We Don’t “Need” More Nuclear Weapons.
The Nation· 5 hours agoAs a late-stage baby boomer, a child of the 1960s, I grew up dreaming about America’s nuclear triad....
Lee: RECA extension could be part of Defense Reauthorization Act
KTNV Las Vegas· 2 days agoFor decades, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act served as a lifeline for those who suffered...
Nevada’s Lee calls for extension of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
KOLO 8 Reno· 2 days agoNevada Representative Susie Lee is calling for an extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation...
Program to pay nuclear fallout victims expires due to U.S. House’s inaction
The Salt Lake Tribune· 5 days agoDespite repeated pleas from victims and their advocates, House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to allow...
Top 10 things to do in Las Vegas this week
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 6 days agoPresented by Matthew Malinowski, the Atomic Museum’s director of education, the program will explore some of the hundreds of experiments and detonations...
How Trump could upend vaccines
Politico· 2 days agoFunding for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expired Friday, leaving people who have been exposed to nuclear radiation — including those who live “downwind” of the ...
House fails to extend aid for former uranium mine workers, many with cancer
The Arizona Republic· 5 days agoMarie Kirlie worked in the uranium mills of Church Rock in New Mexico from 1969 to 1974, while her...
Bill to Compensate Radiation Fallout Victims of Atom Bomb Tests Allowed to Expire
Military.com· 6 days agoHouse Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., scuttled a bipartisan bill Friday that would have extended and...
Program to compensate people downwind of nuclear weapons tests sunsets
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 9—A federal program to compensate people who got sick after being exposed to radiation through uranium mining or nuclear weapons testing is ending. A group of bipartisan ...
