Aid for communities exposed to radiation expires June 10 Navajos are in D C to urge extension fronterasdesk.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fronterasdesk.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New Mexico was ground zero for the first atom bomb explosion, but the "downwinder" farmers and ranchers living near the Trinity test site, and the Navajo miners who dug the uranium, have been shut out for fallout compensation.
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New Mexico was ground zero for the first atom bomb explosion, but the "downwinder" farmers and ranchers living near the Trinity test site, and the Navajo miners who dug the uranium, have been shut out for fallout compensation.
As the years have passed and people have died of cancer, Navajo Nation communities impacted by uranium mining have lost hope that they will someday receive compensation for the medical conditions resulting from exposure to radioactivity, Phil Harrison said during a press conference on Wednesday. “We are here in Washington to tell America how freedom […]