Downwinders Added to RECA

7.18.25 – Tina Cordova, president and co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders, has advocated for decades for those who were exposed to radiation during and after the Trinity Test — the first-ever detonation of a nuclear bomb. Host Nash Jones speaks with Cordova about her life’s work: pushing for reparations for New Mexico victims, and what the newly revived Radiation Exposure Compensation Act includes. 

Host: Nash Jones 

Guest: Tina Cordova, Co-founder, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium 

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New Mexico downwinders now eligible for compensation from RECA – KRQE