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<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) &#8212; A new report says the world&#8217;s first atomic bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from cancer and economic hardship.</p><p>The report released Friday detailed resident surveys from areas around the 1947 Trinity Test and found many Hispanic families later struggled to keep up with cancer-related illnesses.</p><p>The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium unveiled the report involving residents of the historic Hispanic village of Tularosa and four New Mexico counties. They want lawmakers to include New Mexico in a federal law that compensates residents near atomic tests.</p><p>Chuck Wiggins of the New Mexico Tumor Registry says he hasn&#8217;t reviewed the report. He has said data shows cancer rates in Tularosa are around the same as other parts of the state.</p><p>The Trinity Test was part of the World War II-era Manhattan Project.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">This July 16, 1945 file photo shows an aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, N.M. A report is scheduled to be released Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, on the health effects of the people who lived near the site of the world&#8217;s first atomic bomb test. The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium will release the health assessment report, on residents of a historic Hispanic village of Tularosa near the Trinity Test in the New Mexico desert. (AP Photo, File) </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_AP17040631261337.jpg</photo0><caption0>This July 16, 1945 file photo shows an aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, N.M. A report is scheduled to be released Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, on the health effects of the people who lived near the site of the world&#8217;s first atomic bomb test. The Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium will release the health assessment report, on residents of a historic Hispanic village of Tularosa near the Trinity Test in the New Mexico desert. (AP Photo, File) </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Russell Contreras</p><p>Associated Press</p></bylineMeta></div>

Report: First atom bomb test caused generations of cancer