Missouri
Aid for Missouri atomic-era radiation victims arriving after years-long battle by HawleyMissourians still sickened by atomic bomb building and haphazard nuclear waste disposal since WWll are finally getting modest compensation, even during the federal government shutdown. Payments… Read More
Josh Hawley
After legislative victory, Hawley leans on feds to move quickly in compensating WWII-era nuclear radiation victimsPlaintive congressional visits and emotional press conferences have turned to bittersweet victory celebrations for today’s long-neglected victims of WWII-era nuclear radiation in Missouri and beyond. Missouri… Read More
Josh Hawley
Aid to Missouri’s atomic-age radiation victims now included in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Hawley announcesA year to the week after it inexplicably was allowed to expire, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley announced Friday a federal program to help today’s continued victims of atomic-age… Read More
Josh Hawley
Hawley joins victims in plaintive call for House to compensate those still sickened by WWII-era radiationRadioactive clouds from America’s WWII-era nuclear bomb testing covered untold Idahoans downwind. But federal compensation for the resulting sickness and death never has. Likewise, radiation victims across the country, including… Read More
Federal government
Remaining victims of WWII/Cold War-era nuclear radiation hopeful for help after emotional Capitol appeal, Hawley interventionContinuing victims of World War II-era nuclear radiation have suffered many diseases through the years, including various painful and lethal cancers, gastrointestinal problems and other maladies passed down… Read More