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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(17):1240-1242; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji296
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Scientific, Political Debate Continues on Methods for Estimating Fallout Exposure

Brian Vastag

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In 1990, decades after dozens of nuclear blasts from weapons testing shot radioactive dust into the skies above Nevada, the U.S. Congress agreed with what health activists had been arguing for years: People affected by the tests deserved compensation.

"I believe our nation has a commitment to the thousands who were victims of radiation exposure while supporting our country's national defense. We have an obligation to care for those that were injured, especially since they were not adequately warned about the potential health hazards," said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) in 2003.

Known as the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), the 1990 law provides lump sum payments of $50,000 for "downwinders"—people who lived in a fallout zone in the 1950s and 1960s. A 2000 amendment extended the program to uranium workers (who receive up to $100,000) and added several cancer types to the list of diseases for which downwinders could file . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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