More people exposed to Manhattan Project chemicals deserve compensation, advocates say
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FOX News— The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has been a lifeline for some people and families exposed to toxins linked to decades-old nuclear weapons tests, but advocates say more people deserve compensation. The law, first enacted in 1990 and set to expire this year, has provided payments for anyone who may have contracted certain cancers and illnesses as a result of the effort to build the first atomic bomb. "This goes back to the Manhattan Project and all of the Cold War era, when the...
FOX News—Officials knew Manhattan Project chemicals disposed improperly at Missouri sites, documents reveal. Several moms in suburban St. Louis have been working to get toxic sites in the area cleaned up, a major undertaking to fix widespread contamination that some government officials apparently covered up for decades. "This was the best kept secret of St. Louis. The Manhattan Project wasn't well known here, and it's still a pretty good secret here," Just Moms STL co-founder Karen Nickel said. Nickel formed her group alongside her neighbor, Dawn Chapman, in 2013. "Over the years, we had heard bits...
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