Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium

Seeking justice for the unknowing, unwilling and uncompensated, innocent victims of the July 16, 1945, Trinity test in South-Central New Mexico.

June 2024 Update

Thank you to everyone who have been calling members of Congress and asking them to support the expansion of RECA to include the people of New Mexico, and beyond, by voting in support of Senate Bill S.3853.

We understand they are feeling the pressure. Now is not the time to back off. Please call every day and ask your family and friends to do the same.

Current Conversations

Lesley Blume and Tina Cordova talk about the horrors of nuclear testing on US soil and what we need to do in order to recognize its victims.

Conversation 1

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Lesley Blume, Senator Ben Ray Luján, Senator Josh Hawley, and Congresswoman Teresa Fernandez talk about RECA and it's importance.

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Lesley Blume, Tina Cordova, Lois Lipman, Senator Luján discuss false narratives of events after Trinity, studies to count those affected, and how those closest to the bomb were excluded from the original bill.

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Lesley Blume, Senator Luján, Senator Hawley, Congresswoman Fernande, Tina Cordova explain what RECA is and why it’s important to expand the bill which would save thousands of lives.

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FIRST WE BOMBED NEW MEXICO

The film tells the story of an inspiring Latina cancer survivor fighting for reparations for Native and Hispanic communities in New Mexico whose land and water were radiated by the Trinity Bomb with devastating multigenerational consequences.

Don't let RECA expire!

Reach out to your members of Congress and ask them to support the expansion and extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) that was passed as part of Senate Bill S.3853. RECA will expire in June 2024 and the clock is ticking.

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