[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, FORMER SITES: "U.S. Senate OKs Hawley proposal to expand coverage for atomic bomb-related illness to St. Louis, " MO

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Senate OKs Hawley proposal to expand coverage for atomic bomb-related illness to St. Louis
Private companies and the federal government for decades failed to take actions to protect St. Louis residents from nuclear waste, an investigation by The Independent, MuckRock and The Associated Press finds.

BY ALLISON KITE 
MISSOURI INDEPENDENT
JULY 27, 2023 

The U.S. Senate voted narrowly Thursday in favor of expanding a program that compensates Americans who become ill because of exposure to radiation from the country’s development and testing of nuclear weapons to cover Missourians.

The proposal, offered by Sen. Josh Hawley, was attached as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes funding levels and sets policy for the Department of Defense. The bill itself still faces a Senate vote and agreement by the U.S. House of Representatives.

“It is about basic justice — compensating the victims of the federal government’s negligence,” Hawley, a Missouri Republican, said on the Senate floor.

The Senate vote comes on the heels of a six-month investigation by The Missouri Independent, MuckRock and The Associated Press, which found that private companies and the federal government repeatedly downplayed or failed to fully investigate the extent of the contamination from the development of the first atomic bomb.

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For the entire article, see
https://missouriindependent.com/2023/07/27/u-s-senate-oks-hawley-proposal-to-expand-coverage-for-atomic-bomb-related-illness-to-st-louis/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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