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As Oppenheimer film brings attention to nuclear testing, Senate passes bill that could bring compensation to New Mexico downwinders

The U.S. Senate passed legislation to expand and extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which could make New Mexico downwinders and uranium mine workers who were employed after 1971 eligible for compensation if they develop radiation-related health impacts. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-New Mexico, now heads to the U.S. House of […]