Navajo, others testify for bill to expand protections for ‘downwinders’
WASHINGTON – Navajo officials and residents urged a Senate committee Wednesday to expand coverage of a fund that compensates uranium miners and “downwinders” – people who lived downwind from Cold War nuclear tests. “I had a good job supporting my family,” said Leslie Begay, a uranium miner who said he faces high medical costs from … Continue reading Navajo, others testify for bill to expand protections for ‘downwinders’
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