To see original story, visit HERE. May 8, 2018 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) submitted four amendments today to the House Rules Committee to expand compensation for those impacted by exposure to radiation while working in uranium mines or living downwind from atomic weapons tests. Luján’s amendments included the fullRadiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments(RECA), which he introduced last year, and provisions of that bill to expand RECA’s downwind

Note: This story was originally published on March 30, 2018, at http://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/carrizozo-joins-struggle-to-receive-compensation-for-atomic-bomb-tests/4847763/ Casey Torres March 30, 2018 06:58 PM CARRIZOZO, N.M. – It’s been a 13-year-long fight. The Tularosa Basin Downwinders are continuing their efforts to be included to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), having reached out to communities near the Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb tes