The U.S. Department of Justice recognizes the following cancers and leukemias under RECA for Downwinders:

Leukemias:

• Leukemia (except chronic lymphocytic leukemia [CLL])
  

Other Covered Cancers:

• Lymphomas (excluding Hodgkin’s disease)
  

• Multiple Myeloma
  

• Thyroid
  

• Breast (male and female)
  

• Esophagus
  

• Stomach
  

• Pharynx
  

• Small Intestine
  

• Pancreas
  

• Bile Ducts
  

• Gall Bladder
  

• Salivary Gland
  

• Urinary Bladder
  

• Brain
  

• Colon
  

• Ovary
  

• Liver (except with cirrhosis or Hepatitis B)

• Lung

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Radiation Exposure Compensation Program (RECA)

To qualify as a Downwinder under the new RECA law, you must have lived for at least one year in one of the following areas during the nuclear testing years (1944–1962):

Arizona — Apache, Coconino, Gila, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai

Nevada — Eureka, Lander, Lincoln, Nye, White Pine, and portions of Clark County

New Mexico — Entire state

Utah & Idaho — Entire states now recognized

Spouses

Children

Grandchildren

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