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 ...

Trisha Pritikin, a lawyer and advocate for Hanford "Downwinders," grew up near the Hanford site where both her parents were employed. "People downwind, people in Richland, Kennewick and Pasco ...

He let them know,” said his sister Mary Reeve, who also lives on a farm in Hanford’s shadow. Bailie stood out as a charismatic leader for those nuclear “downwinders,” said Sarah Fox ...

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 ...

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WASHINGTON—Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) succeeded in winning over enough GOP colleagues to pass a major expansion of payments to Americans who were exposed to windblown radioactive particles from ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...