“They didn’t want to see us”

“They didn’t want to see us”

The post “They didn’t want to see us” appeared first on Searchlight New Mexico. At 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb at the White Sands Missile Range in Socorro County, New Mexico. At homes and farms as close as 12 miles away, many people were still asleep. Others had started on morning chores. After the blast, radioactive ash fell from the sky for five days — onto water sources, kitchen countertops,…

‘Downwinder’ funds restored - Sedona Red Rock News

After stalling in June 2024 when Congress failed to vote on its renewal, the federal program providing medical care for uranium miners and “downwinders,” the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, will restart and expand through December 2028 following the July 4 signing of the “Big Beautiful Bill.” “A ‘downwinder’ is a person who was exposed or […] The post ‘Downwinder’ funds restored appeared first on Sedona Red Rock News.