The government exposed them to nuclear radiation. Now, Congress could help these Arizonans

From 1945 to 1962, the United States conducted nuclear mining in
Northern Arizona and nuclear testing in Southern Nevada. Yet the
government failed to warn people in the area of the radiation risks
posed by that work and the health hazards associated with it,
including various forms of cancer. Then in 1990, Congress passed
the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. It established a lump
sum compensation for individuals who contracted illnesses in
the aftermath of the testing. The program was later expanded in
2000 and is set to close its eligibility to individuals in
2022.  Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., is sponsoring a bill
to extend the eligibility to include Mohave County and Nevada's
Clark County in the federal fund. Last week, the House Judiciary
Committee held a hearing to listen to testimony from people in
the affected areas.  That included Mohave County
Supervisor Jean Bishop, who grew up in the affected area and
developed cancer due to the nuclear testing.  In this
week's episode of The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast,
hosts Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen are joined
by Bishop as she recounts her childhood in the impacted area.
You'll also hear from Stanton on his outlook of the bill and why he
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