Bill from Utahns in Congress could jeopardize expanded compensation for downwinders
For decades, downwinders have criticized the Radiation Compensation Exposure Act, or RECA, for being too narrow. Designed to compensate people exposed to and sickened by nuclear weapons development, activists say RECA has glaring cracks — for starters, it only covered 10 counties in Utah despite research suggesting the whole state was exposed to dangerous, cancer-causing […] The post Bill from Utahns in Congress could jeopardize expanded compensation for downwinders appeared first on Idaho Capit