Radiation exposure

New push on to expand nuclear radiation compensation in US

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANSeptember 22, 2021 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push to expand a U.S. compensation program for people who were exposed to radiation following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out during the Cold War.

People downwind of atomic blasts renew push for US payout

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANMarch 24, 2021 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — In the desert northeast of Las Vegas, residents living along the Nevada-Arizona border would gather on their front porches for bomb parties or ride horses into the fields to watch as the U...

Skeptic on radiation limits will head EPA radiation panel

By ELLEN KNICKMEYERFebruary 1, 2019 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has appointed a scientist who argues for easing regulations on lower-level radiation exposures to lead the agency's radiation advisory committee...

Correction: EPA-Radiation Rollback story

October 3, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an early version of a story Oct. 2 about EPA regulation of radiation, The Associated Press reported erroneously in a headline that EPA says a little radiation may be good for you...

Proposed rule change worries some about radiation regulation

By ELLEN KNICKMEYEROctober 3, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The EPA is pursuing rule changes that experts say would weaken the way radiation exposure is regulated, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight...