How Many People Have to Die?
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CALL TO ACTION
Please contact members of the House of Representatives so that we can pass the RECA amendment!
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It was a great day for the New Mexico Downwinders and uranium workers. We have the full support of our Congressional delegation lead by Senator Lujan and Representative Leger Fernandez and now the PRESIDENT!
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Cancers, diseases, early deaths, infant mortality and more have plagued people in New Mexico ever since the United States government set off the bomb in the Jornada del Muerto. But despite organizing and advocacy for well over a decade, they were neither recognized nor compensated.
All of that could have finally changed last year, as Congress considered an expansion of the Radiation Exposure and Compensation Act with bipartisan support. New Mexico advocates said a victory after so many years of work never felt more possible. But during last-minute negotiations over defense spending, relief for people in New Mexico and potentially tens of thousands of others nationwide was unceremoniously nixed from the legislation.
“I think it’s shockingly immoral that Congress believes the U.S. government can harm citizens and basically walk away from any responsibility,” said Tina Cordova, the founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium.
Trinity downwinders were not covered by RECA.
A 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report confirms: “New Mexico residents were neither warned before the 1945 Trinity blast, informed of health hazards afterward, nor evacuated before, during, or after the test. Exposure rates in public areas from the world’s first nuclear explosion were measured at levels 10,000-times higher than currently allowed.”
Declassified documents show that in the days immediately following the blast, Manhattan Project planners realized the fallout radius was much larger and more dangerous than they’d expected.
As reported in @source_nm
Please help us contact Speaker Johnson and Senator McConnell to encourage them to keep the RECA amendments as part of the NDAA.
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Please help us reach out to the mentioned House members and encourage them to support the RECA amendment as part of the NDAA.
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Saturday October 21, 2023 Tularosa Basin Downwinders’ 10th Annual Trinity Site Peaceful Demonstration
Please join us!
Meet at the Stallion Gate Entrance to the Trinity Site, East of San Antonio, off Highway 380. Plan to gather at 9:00 am and remain until 3:00 pm. We will not be driving into the Trinity site.
Alternate option for joining in Peaceful Demonstration is to meet at the Tularosa High School to greet those entering through the Tulie Gate. Plan to gather at the High School at 7:30 am and remain for about an hour. Please bring your own poster, water, snacks, and chair. For more information, please call Kathy Tyler 575-430-8651.
Please bring your own water, snacks, chair, sunscreen, posters, etc. We will have portable facilities onsite.
If you would like some background information on our organization and our fight, visit our website at trinitydownwinders.com (link in bio).
Pictured left to right at the Stallion Gate entrance to the Trinity site, Paul Pino, Alfonso Lucero, Richard Lopez and Paul’s dog Isis. Richard a man of bravery and honor is no longer with us and greatly missed. Thank you for your service, Richard, and may you Rest in Peace. Isis is gone too and both he and Richard died of cancer.
Questions?
Contact Us
Tina Cordova
(505) 897-6787
[email protected]
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Please support us in our efforts!
We will be in D.C. from Sept. 18th-21st.
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The live stream recording of our “Oppenheimer” movie panel. This is in association with the Trinity related exhibits currently at the Branigan Cultural Center and the NMSU Museum of Art.
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"I'm prepared to help in terms of making sure that those folks are taken care of."
Biden's visit to New Mexico, 2023. Senator Ben Ray Lujan had mentioned the trinity downwinders and amending RECA. This was Biden's public response.
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"The first bomb was tested in New Mexico and those families did not get the help they deserve."
During President Biden's visit to New Mexico, Ben Ray Lujan addressed the work that has been done on the RECA amendment and what he is doing to keep it in the NDAA so that it can pass through the House. Lujan mentioned the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium co-founder, Tina Cordova.
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Associated Press article regarding Biden's visit and statement regarding the downwinders.
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