Idaho Downwinders were elated to hear that the state was added back to legislation for compensation for impacts of nuclear ...

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which provides compensation for people harmed by exposure to nuclear testing and ...

The program expired last year as a cost cutting measure. Though renewed, some still have qualms with the program.

The federal government’s program that gives payments to people sickened by nuclear testing or uranium mining is one step ...

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Even if Congress does decide to include Idaho, the law only recognizes 20 types of cancer for compensation and offers $50,000. “People have bills in excess of $50,000,” Jaquet said.

POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho residents who attribute their health problems to radioactive fallout from above-ground nuclear tests in Nevada had hoped that the Democratic takeover of Congress would ...

ARD German Radio and Television crew poses with Gem County Downwinders during a visit to Emmett in April 2022. Back row left to right: Anna Leier, ARD Senior Producer; Kerstin Klein, ARD ...

Editor's note: This story originally published on April 29, 2005. A long-awaited report on compensation for downwinders says there is no scientific reason to add Idaho or any specific region to a ...

Tona Henderson is the director of the Idaho Downwinders, a nonprofit that advocates for Idahoans to receive government compensation if they were impacted by nuclear fallout in the mid-20th century ...

New Mexicans who got sick following Cold War nuclear testing returned Thursday from their meetings In Washington, D.C.

Western governors say atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government recognizes.