By Navajo Times | Sep 19, 2024 | News | By Donovan Quintero Special to the Times https://navajotimes.com/reznews/elder-red-water-pond-water-family-members-say-no-to-uranium-mining/ Bertha Nez, 78, from Red Water Pond Road, north of Church Rock, N.M., speaks on Friday about her home and how uranium mining impacted her entire life. Special to the Times | Donovan Quintero WINDOW ROCK — Bertha […]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
Gabrielle Wallace /Cronkite News Sept. 25, 2024 WASHINGTON – People exposed to radiation from atomic bomb tests and uranium mines rallied Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol – along with tribal leaders – to demand action on a stalled compensation program. “They gave the ultimate sacrifice when it was needed. We should reward the people who […]
Navajo Nation member Carol Etcitty-Roger speaks about cancer in her eye from radiation exposure during a news conference about the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act on Tuesday. Jose Luis Magana/For The Associated Press By Alaina Mencinger amencinger@sfnewmexican.com Sep 24, 2024 https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/advocates-on-long-road-to-reinstate-federal-radiation-exposure-act/article_da3a9cf0-79fc-11ef-918d-3f8d04b197a8.html?utm_source=santafenewmexican.com&utm_campaign=/newsletters/your-morning-headlines/?123&-dc=1727262027&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read more There were more than five hours to go before the group reached Washington, D.C. […]
By Cathy Cook / Journal Staff Writer, The Alburquerque Journal | Dec 20, 2023 The National Defense Authorization Act passed both the House and the Senate last week and has been sent to President Joe Biden’s desk. The annual bill will authorize defense spending, including billions for national labs and millions for military institutions in […]
By Jody Wilson, Gallup Independent | 12/6/23 Diné Bureau GALLUP — On Saturday, Maggie Billiman and several members of her family gathered at Camille’s in Gallup to make 30-second videos in support of extending and expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Billiman sent videos to news sources in Washington D.C. in hopes that members of Congress […]
For Immediate Release September 22, 2021 Contact: Susan Gordon, Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment www.swuraniumimpacts.org 505.577.8438, sgordon@swuraniumimpacts.org Linda Evers, Post 71 Uranium Workers Committee 505.287.2304, leversredfence123@gmail.com Larry King, Eastern Navajo Against Uranium Mining 505.979.411, l_king2013@yahoo.com New legislation offers hope – and urgency – for uranium mining survivors September 22, 2021: Today, Sen. Crapo […]
By Kirena Tsosie (keyclah@gmail.com) and Chris Shuey (sric.chris@gmail.com) Southwest Research and Information Center July 15, 2021 Every year at this time, the Red Water Pond Road Community Association (RWPRCA) of the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico gathers to remember the impacts of the largest release of radioactive waste, by volume, in U.S. history. An […]
By Linda Evers on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Cibola Citizen In just a year from July 11 the compensation program created under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) will come to an end. We need our elected representatives in Congress to extend and expand that program to help all of those in our state who […]
