More Americans can get compensated for nuclear poisoning. But there's a catch • Missouri Independent

More Americans can get compensated for nuclear poisoning. But there's a catch • Missouri Independent

A sign warns of radioactive material at the West Lake Landfill. Thousands of tons of nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project were dumped there in the 1970s (Theo Welling/Riverfront Times).This July marked 80 years since the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb in the desert of southern New Mexico, marking the start of the nuclear age — and an ongoing nightmare for the people who call the area home. That test, known as Trinity, blanke…