Posts Tagged: downwinders

Two Year Extension Means Intermountain Downwinders Clinic Will Continue to Help Affected Patients

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The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was originally put forth in 1990 by the federal government to recognize and compensate individuals living in parts of southern Utah, northern Arizona, or eastern Nevada during the 1950s and ‘60s who were put at increased risk for cancer due to atmospheric nuclear testing and uranium industry employment. Although originally set… Read more »