U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Resources RESEP Sites Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Rural Health Policy

“What should I do?” Dixie Regional Medical Center If you think you might have been exposed: 544 South 400 East St. George, Utah 84770  Call 1-888-ASK-HRSA Telephone: 435-688-5990  Visit http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/ radiationexposure North Country HealthCare 2920 N. 4th Street  Radiation Call the RESEP site closest to where you Flagstaff, Arizona 86004 may have been exposed (see back of pam- Telephone: 928-774-6299 Exposure phlet for a list of RESEP sites) Northern Navajo Medical Center Screening and For information on compensation through RECA Navajo Area RESEP Phone: 1-800-729-7327 P.O. Box 160 Education Email: [email protected] Shiprock, New Mexico 87420 http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/torts/const/reca/ Telephone: 505-368-7014 Program

National Jewish Health Office of Rural Health Policy 1400 Jackson Street The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) promotes Denver, Colorado 80206 Telephone: 303-270-2641 better health care service in rural America. Estab- RESEP lished in 1987, ORHP is part of the Health Resources University of Nevada School of and Services Administration (HRSA). ORHP informs Medicine  Education and information and advises the U.S. Department of Health and Hu- 2410 Fire Mesa Street, Suite 180  Screening for and other diseases man Services on matters affecting rural hospitals and Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 health care, coordinates activities within the depart- Telephone: 702-992-6887  Referrals for medical treatment ment that relate to rural health care, and maintains a  Help with documenting claims under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act national information clearinghouse. ORHP oversees University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center RESEP. Department of Internal Medicine MSC 10 5550 1 UNM Office of Rural Health Policy Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov Telephone: 505-272-5880

5600 Fishers Lane, 9A-55 Phone: 301-443-0835 Utah Navajo Health System, Inc Rockville, MD 20857 Fax: 301-443-2803 P.O. Box 130 Montezuma Creek, Utah 54534 Vanessa Hooker, Program Coordinator Telephone: 435-651-3291 Email: [email protected] Overview You may be eligible for RESEP !

RESEP 4) Onsite Participants To be eligible, you must meet the criteria for one The Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Participated onsite in a test involving the at- of the five following exposure categories: Program (RESEP) helps thousands of people mospheric detonation of a nuclear device. harmed by and by em-  Present within the boundaries of the Ne- 1) Miners ployment in the industry. RESEP vada, Pacific, South Atlantic, or Test Employed in uranium mines located in AZ, CO, provides funding to: Sites during atmospheric nuclear testing and ID, ND, NM, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, or WY at any  Develop public education and information participated in the atmospheric detonation of time from 1942 through 1971.  Screen for cancer and other related diseases a nuclear device.  Exposed to 40 or more working level months  Refer people for medical treatment  After the onsite participation, contracted leu- (WLMs) of radiation or worked at least 1 year.  Help document claims under the Radiation Ex- kemia (other than chronic lymphocytic leuke-  Have primary lung cancer or certain nonmalig- posure Compensation Act (RECA) mia), lung cancer, multiple myeloma, lym- nant respiratory diseases. phomas (other than Hodgkin's disease), and

primary cancer of the thyroid, male or female 2) Uranium Mill Workers breast, esophagus, stomach, pharynx, small Employed in uranium mills located in AZ, CO, ID, If you meet one of intestine, pancreas, bile ducts, gall bladder, ND, NM, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, or WY at any salivary gland, urinary bladder, brain, colon, the following categories, time from 1942 through 1971. ovary, liver, or lung. you could be eligible for  Worked at least 1 year.

medical screening, referrals,  Have primary lung cancer, certain non- 5) Downwinders and a RECA payment for malignant respiratory diseases, renal cancer, or Physically present in one of the affected areas $50,000 - $100,000! other chronic renal disease including nephritis downwind of the in certain and kidney tubal tissue injury. counties of AZ, NV, or UT during a period of

atmospheric nuclear testing, and later con- 3) Ore Transporters tracted a specified compensable disease. Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Employed in the transport of uranium ore or va-  Lived or worked downwind of atmospheric From 1945 to 1962, several nuclear tests exposed nadium-uranium ore from mines or mills located nuclear tests for a period of at least 2 years people to radiation. People employed in the ura- in AZ, CO, ID, ND, NM, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, or during parts of 1951-1958 and 1962. nium mining industry between 1942 and 1971 WY at any time from 1942 through 1971.  Have (other than chronic lympho- were also at risk of exposure. When it was discov-  Worked at least 1 year. cytic leukemia), multiple myeloma, lympho- ered that radiation increases risk for certain can-  Have primary lung cancer, certain nonmalig- mas (other than Hodgkin's disease), and pri- cers and respiratory diseases, the Radiation Expo- nant respiratory diseases, renal cancer, or other mary cancer of the thyroid, breast, esophagus, sure Compensation Act (RECA) was established to chronic renal disease including nephritis and stomach, pharynx, small intestine, pancreas, pay $50,000—$100,000 to people with illnesses kidney tubal tissue injury. bile ducts, gall bladder, salivary gland, urinary that may have resulted from radiation exposure. bladder, brain, colon, ovary, liver, or lung.