People who were affected by these radioactive toxins call themselves “Downwinders.” Northwest Public Broadcasting senior correspondent Anna King, who has been reporting on Hanford for over 20 ...

Thousands of Hanford Downwinders, as they called themselves, filed lawsuits against the government. All the lawsuits have since been either dropped or settled. The Environmental Protection Agency ...

Increased rates of cancer, thyroid diseases, infertility, and lymphatic illness have been reported in people living near the Hanford Site, who have become known as "downwinders". A 2003 study of ...

It's no surprise that downwinders would be upset. In addition to disbelieving doctors, there are also conflicting studies about the actual health dangers of Hanford emissions. And after waiting 13 ...

And one of the challenges is in identifying and in embracing the complexity of the history here at Hanford. There’s a counter narrative that really focuses on downwinders, hibakusha people who ...

The story of New Mexico’s downwinders — the survivors of the world’s first atomic blast and those who helped mine the uranium needed for the nation’s arsenal — is little known.

Experts have said the Hanford Site in Washington is an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen. Here's what the most toxic area in America is like.

The story of New Mexico's downwinders — the survivors of the world's first atomic blast and those who helped mine the uranium needed for the nation's arsenal — is little known. But that's ...

The story of New Mexico’s downwinders — the survivors of the world’s first atomic blast and those who helped mine the uranium needed for the nation’s arsenal — is little known.

We Were Expendable': Downwinders From World's 1st Atomic Test Are on a Mission to Tell Their Story LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs ...