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downwinders NewsNarrow your search by visiting an issue-specific news page, listed in the navigation at left. How to Ratify the Test Ban Treaty
Nov 03, 2009
World Politics Review
Ten years ago last month, the U.S. Senate failed to approve the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. A decade later, the dangers posed by the potential spread of nuclear weapons and materials to additional states and terrorists have increased dramatically. Stopping proliferation will require a global effort -- and an early, essential step in that effort must be U.S. ratification of the test ban. Nuclear negotiator: Time to ratify comprehensive testing ban
Oct 21, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune
There was no sudden revelation. No moment of clarity. No conscientious shift. Over time, things just changed. That's how Linton Brooks, former administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and a longtime detractor of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, decided the United States should finally join 150 other nations that have ratified the accord. Radiation exposure screening funds continue
Jan 21, 2009
ST. GEORGE -- Since its opening in March of 2004, the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program clinic at Dixie Regional Medical Center has screened more than 2,500 patients - many of whom have received compensation for cancers found. “It is great to know that we have had the chance to help so many people,” said Becky Barlow, R.N. and RESEP program director. “With another year of government funding we are happy to be able to continue providing screenings to those who might not have the opportunity otherwise.” RESEP was established by the United States Government to aid thousands of individuals potentially affected by nuclear testing and was recently awarded more government funding. These individuals are at a greater risk for leukemias, lymphomas, breast and thyroid cancers. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, RESEP can provide free cancer screenings, follow-up services and referral, if needed, to the appropriate doctors for particular health needs. More than 40,000 people were exposed to radioactive fallout in Southern Utah from 1951 to 1958 and July of 1962 during nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. The RESEP clinic at Dixie Regional exists to aid those individuals who were exposed to the testing, as well as those who worked in the uranium industry. The RESEP clinic also helps eligible individuals receive compensation from the government through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Over the last 15 months, Dixie Regional’s RESEP clinic has given out RECA information to more than 2,000 people, helped more than 750 people with their RECA claims and more than 114 people have received compensation through RECA. Who is eligible to be seen at the RESEP clinic? • DOWNWINDERS – Those who lived in Washington, Iron, Kane, Beaver, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sevier, Wayne or Garfield counties in Utah; Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye, White Pine or northeast Clark counties in Nevada; and northern Mohave, Coconino, Apache, Gila, Navajo and Yavapai counties in Arizona for at least one year from 1951 to 1958 or the month of July 1962 during the nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. • NEVADA TEST SITE WORKERS – Those who worked on-site at the Nevada, Pacific, Trinity and South Atlantic nuclear test facilities during an atmospheric detonation. • URANIUM INDUSTRY WORKERS – Those who were miners, ore transporters, or millers of uranium for at least one year from 1942 to 1971. For more information or to schedule a free cancer-screening appointment, call |
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