{"id":47454,"date":"2025-07-18T13:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T20:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=47454"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:06:07","slug":"downwinders-added-to-reca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/downwinders-added-to-reca\/","title":{"rendered":"Downwinders Added to RECA"},"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=\"Downwinders Added to RECA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ARbxu2Zg-cA?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>7.18.25 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>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 \u2014 the first-ever detonation of a nuclear bomb. 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