Downwinders and the Radioactive West. In the 1950s, St. George was the epitome of small town America: a good place to raise a family, with mom & pop businesses all down Main Street.

Downwinders and the Radioactive West is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, ...

Downwinders from across the state are on track to receive compensation for illnesses caused by radiation from nuclear testing ...

Rep. Hageman's RECA bill does nothing to support the downwinders throughout Utah, the West and elsewhere who have ... 3,100 counties nationwide for deposition of radioactive Iodine-131 in soil ...

Josh Hawley has been the face of a fight in Congress to reauthorize and expand access to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which provides ...

As of 2022, more than 40,000 patients with cancer successfully applied for $2.6 billion in compensation. Recipients included “downwinders” who were eligible for $50,000 each if they lived in ...