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Trinity Downwinders: The Fight That Took 80 Years
The 1945 Trinity nuclear test was conducted in southern New Mexico, but advocates argue its effects lingered long after the bomb detonated. For decades, residents in communities surrounding the test site have pushed the federal government to recognize the health impacts New Mexicans endured in the years that followed. Tina Cordova, a seventh-generation New Mexican from Tularosa, joins Chris and Gabby to discuss the decades she's spent advocating for Trinity Downwinders, collecting data, and documenting the experiences of families across the Tularosa Basin. Her work includes a medical survey…
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