Guam’s long fight for recognition and compensation as nuclear downwinders

Guam’s status as a U.S. territory plays a major role in its repeated exclusion from a law that provides payment for radiation exposure victims, advocates say. 

By Gaea Cabico
March 25, 2026
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Gaea is a freelance journalist covering climate change, environmental issues and food systems through a social justice lens. 

 
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