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21 cancers linked to radiation exposure: here is the latest information on seeking compensation for atomic vets with radiogenic cancers.

Publication: VFW Magazine
Publication Date: 01-NOV-04
Format: Online - approximately 626 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: 21 cancers linked to radiation exposure: here is the latest information on seeking compensation for atomic vets with radiogenic cancers.(issues up front)

Article Excerpt
Help is available for America's atomic vets. Nearly 200,000 GIs occupied Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan after World War II. Another 200,000 participated in about 235 nuclear-weapons tests between 1945 and 1962 in New Mexico, Nevada and the Pacific. For those veterans who suffer from one of 21 cancers (see below) presumed to have been caused by the resulting radiation exposure, VA offers health care and compensation.

Congress mandated it in 1990 when it passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which offered payments to those who contracted certain cancers and diseases. In...

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