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Residents work to understand the ongoing impacts of nuclear test fallout and radiated clouds over Idaho decades ago BY: MIA MALDONADO - JANUARY 15, 2024,  https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/01/15/the-fight-isnt-over-idaho-downwinders-persist-after-congress-cuts-compensation-for-them/ For nearly two decades, Tona Henderson collected newspaper articles, letters and photographs documenting who in the small town of Emmett, Idaho, was diagnosed with cancer, including her own family. The result…

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.

Japan’s Kyushu island is home to two moving museums that detail the final thoughts of the young WWII pilots tasked with flying their bomb-laden planes into US warships.

Japan’s Kyushu island is home to two moving museums that detail the final thoughts of the young WWII pilots tasked with flying their bomb-laden planes into US warships.

Despite many people in Idaho not knowing about the exposure in the Gem State from nuclear testing, a small, dedicated group are trying to fight for help.