Missourians head to Washington to call for a House vote on the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
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Residents of impacted communities are heading to Washington to speak in favor of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act before it expires this summer.
The bill is just one effort that residents in Missouri say, would help those sickened from toxic sites in the region. Zach is photographed at home at the age of three or four. (COURTESY: Kim Visintine) Kim Visintine as a child. (COURTESY: Kim Visintine) Kim Visintine as a child. (COURTESY: Kim Visintine) Zach at three weeks old, after two neurosurgeries. (COURTESY: Kim Visintine) Zach after receiving chemotherapy. (COURTESY: Kim Visintine) Zach and Kim, on the day after his first neurosurgery. (COURTESY: Kim Visintine) Kim and Zach, immediately after the latter was diagnosed. (COURTESY: Kim Visintine) Zach with his oncologist. (COURTESY: Kim Visintine) A Coldwater Creek Just the Facts Map taken from 2015. (Coldwater Creek Just the Facts) Areas of concern are marked on a map. (Coldwater Creek Just the Facts) A map shows areas were people got sick. (Coldwater Creek Just the Facts) The group helped collect data from people who were impacted. (Coldwater Creek Just the Facts) A Coldwater Creek Just the Facts collected data to help establish their case. (Coldwater Creek Just the Facts) A Coldwater Creek Just the Facts Map shows instances of lupus in the area. (Coldwater Creek Just the Facts) A Coldwater Creek Just the Facts Map shows instances of multiple sclerosis in the area. (Coldwater Creek Just the Facts) Dawn Chapman and Sen. Josh Hawley pose for a picture. (COURTESY: Dawn Chapman) Dawn Chapman and Sen. Josh Hawley walk through the U.S. Capitol together. (COURTESY: Dawn Chapman) Dawn Chapman, who lives near a toxic landfill in St. Louis, was Sen. Josh Hawley’s guest for this year’s State of the Union address. (COURTESY: Dawn Chapman) Amy Munneke is a Fox News producer with Special Report w/ Bret Baier.
"There's no windfall for anybody," Former Missouri Resident Kim Visintine said. "This is not, ‘we're just giving money to these citizens, and they're going to have all this random money to spend.’ A lot of these medical bills… it's a drop in the bucket."
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