{"id":20517,"date":"2021-09-10T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=20517"},"modified":"2021-09-10T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T18:58:03","slug":"tularosa-downwinders-try-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/tularosa-downwinders-try-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Tularosa Downwinders Try Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tularosa Downwinders Try Again | In Touch\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xCKpTMCsURw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 10, 2021 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium has been trying for years to get the U.S. government to compensate families who were impacted by the Trinity nuclear test. So far, they\u2019ve been barred from accessing federal money though the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, and the deadline to file a claim is less than a year away. Correspondent Russell Contreras speaks with Tina Cordova about the latest effort, which now has the support of a bipartisan pair of senators representing New Mexico and Idaho.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correspondent:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Russell Contreras&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Tina Cordova, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>For More Information:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/trinity-test-first-atomic-bomb-latinos-new-mexico-f70e6f52-1ca4-4609-8aea-a4d54b897b87.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Downwinders Still Coping with Fallout from Trinity Blast<\/a> \u2013 Axios&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/15\/opinion\/75-anniversary-trinity-nuclear-testing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America\u2019s Unacknowledged Nuclear Disaster<\/a> \u2013 <em>New York Times <\/em>(opinion)&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/civil\/common\/reca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radiation Exposure Compensation Act<\/a> \u2013 U.S. Dept. of Justice&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydownwinders.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 10, 2021 \u2013 The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium has been trying for years to get the U.S. government to compensate families who were impacted by the Trinity nuclear test. 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