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downwinders NewsNarrow your search by visiting an issue-specific news page, listed in the navigation at left. Honor downwinders and uranium workers and millers…
Mar 01, 2012
The Moab Times Independent
I think there was some confusion about the proposal at last weeks Grand County Council meeting regarding support for a resolution regarding support for “downwinders” – the name given to those who were exposed to radiation from atomic testing – and uranium workers who were exposed to radiation because of the U.S. atomic weapons program. The proposed resolution called for the council to join with the U.S. A Day to Remember
Jan 31, 2012
Ploughshares Fund
Today, people in communities throughout the nation will stop for a moment to pause and remember the toll of the nation’s nuclear weapons testing program on downwind citizens. Some will take part in official ceremonies; others are small groups of downwinders coming together to do something as simple as light candles in memory of loved ones who have died. They’ve waited a long time to be officially recognized by the government that harmed them. Utah leaders honor victims of Nev. nuclear testing
Jan 28, 2012
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — People exposed to radiation because of nuclear weapons testing in Nevada are being honored with a ceremony at the Utah State Capitol. Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson of Utah says the testing that began in the 1950s led to cancer and other illnesses for people who lived downwind from the test site. Matheson has been a longtime advocate of "downwinders," many of whom lived in Utah. Matheson joined state officials at a ceremony Friday commemorating the 61st anniversary of the first nuclear bomb test in Nevada. A Day of Remembrance for Utah's Downwinders
Jan 27, 2012
ABC4
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Friday was the first National Day of Remembrance for Downwinders. Downwinders are those, including many Utahns, who were exposed to nuclear bomb tests more than a half century ago. In the 1950's and 60's, the U.S. Government conducted nuclear bomb tests at a Nevada test site. The radioactive fallout blew downwind, covering Southern Utah and other parts of the state. Those in its way suffered disease, cancer and even death. Utah leaders honor victims of Nevada nuclear testing
Jan 27, 2012
Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — People exposed to radiation because of nuclear weapons testing in Nevada were honored Friday with a ceremony at the Utah State Capitol. Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson of Utah says the testing that began in the 1950s led to cancer and other illnesses for people who lived downwind from the test site. Matheson has been a longtime advocate of "downwinders," many of whom lived in Utah. |
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