In 1990, Congress passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which allowed compensation to people with cancer at several levels. It was later expanded. Downwinders — including those who ...

This article was first published by Source New Mexico. Visit sourcenm.org to read more. A federal program to apologize and acknowledge the harms of radiation exposure is out of time, and for those ...

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Thanks to their efforts, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, was passed in 1990. Originally drafted by Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, RECA is a critical piece of legislation designed to ...

On Thursday, Danforth said Hawley’s political style as an antagonistic, camera-seeking populist is the reason the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act renewal bill failed to get to a vote before ...

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), the quarter-century old law that compensates Americans sickened by U.S. nuclear testing, expired this summer, but two Native American women are ...

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s bill extends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act through 2030 while hiking some payouts and adding communities in seven states to its list of recipients. WASHINGTON ...

“For many years the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has operated a program to support those who have applied for benefits under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Their work has ...

Her father died of lung cancer. When Etcitty-Roger was diagnosed with cancer, her doctor asked if she had worked with uranium and told her he believed uranium exposure caused her cancer.

which processed uranium for the Manhattan Project that the technician says caused her radiation exposure. The court lacks subject matter jurisdiction because the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Act ...

On Thursday, Danforth said Hawley's political style as an antagonistic, camera-seeking populist is the reason the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act renewal bill failed to get to a vote before ...