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Navajo uranium miners, people downwind of atom bomb tests demand justice as Congress lets aid program lapse

WASHINGTON – A federal program to compensate people exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear testing expired June 10. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has paid out $2.6 billion to over 41,000 people since 1992. In March, the U.S. Justice Department projected that another 1,070 claims would be approved by the end of September. [su_pullquote]CORRECTION: An […]

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