Victims Of Radiation Poisoning Fight For Compensation

The Bret Baier Podcast

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🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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After countless Americans contracted cancer and serious illnesses following efforts to build the atomic bomb, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was born in 1990 -- providing payments for those impacted by toxic chemicals. Flash forward to now, and lawmakers are pushing to renew and expand on the act, as growing evidence suggests that many towns beyond the test sites have suffered consequences from the atomic bomb for decades. Bret sits down with lawmakers and Americans whose lives continue to be impacted by the Manhattan Project -- despite six decades having passed since the program's conclusion. Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.1	The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was enacted in 1990.
0:50.3	Law provides payments for anyone who may have contracted certain cancers and serious illnesses as a result of the effort to build the first atomic bomb.
1:00.6	It is set to expire this year.
1:03.4	Some lawmakers are pushing to renew the legislation and expand it as mounting evidence shows locations beyond the test sites may have been exposing
1:12.6	residents to toxic chemicals for decades.
1:16.6	From 1945 to 1962, the U.S. conducted nearly 200 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests.
1:25.6	Thousands of workers were hired to mine for uranium throughout the
1:30.8	West. While some men search for uranium, others work with it, but stay at a safe distance away from it.
1:37.6	While others were essential in developing the weapons at secret sites. The greatest of war secrets on
1:42.8	which thousands of these Americans were.
1:45.3	The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act would eventually cover these workers and individuals
1:51.1	who lived near test sites if they developed cancer or other serious illnesses. What changes are
1:57.2	in your legislation? Brett, what my legislation would do is number one reauthorize this program that for years has provided life-saving compensation for folks who the federal government has poisoned.
2:07.6	One place excluded from the act, Missouri.
2:10.6	Now its senator, Josh Hawley, is working to change that.
2:14.6	He wants parts of his state and other locations to be included in a revamped bill.
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