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Jan 27, 2012
Daily Herald
In 2001, my husband, Tony, had his thyroid removed. The doctor who discovered his cancer told him that it was caused by exposure to radiation. Tony was born in Payson in 1941, so he was ten years old when the first nuclear weapons test exploded at the Nevada Test Site on January 27, 1951. At the time, Payson, like many others towns throughout Utah County, was a small farming community where families grew their own vegetables and got their milk from someone down the road. Nation Recognizes Nuclear Test Downwinders
Jan 27, 2012
KPBS
FLAGSTAFF — Friday (1/27) is the first National Downwinders Day. They are the folks in Western states who were affected by radiation exposure from nuclear test sites in Nevada. Last year, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to honor downwinders with a special day of recognition. Victims of Nuclear Testing Radiation Remembered
Jan 27, 2012
KCPW
(KCPW News) It was 61 years ago today that nuclear testing began on the Nevada Test Site, as many residents of Salt Lake Cityand more rural areas like Kane County know too well. That’s why local leaders are marking a National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Nuclear Weapons Testing, which was designated by the U.S. Senate, to commemorate the lives of downwinders, those who were exposed to the radiation. Local resident Mary Dickson is one of them. She shared her downwinder story with KCPW’s Jeff Robinson. Atomic Downwinders in Southern Utah Honored Friday
Jan 26, 2012
Utah Public Radio
There is scarcely a family native to Southern Utah that has not been affected by fallout from atomic weapons testing in Nevada. This Friday, January 27, marks the 61st anniversary since those tests began in the Nevada desert and has been declared a "National Day of Remembrance" for Americans who have suffered from the effects of radioactive fallout resulting from government testing. Jan. 27 designated Day of Remembrance for downwinders
Jan 25, 2012
Davis Clipper
Across the West, downwinders are staging events to mark what the U.S. Senate has designated a national Day of Remembrance for victims of nuclear weapons testing on Friday, January 27, the date in 1951 on which the first nuclear weapons tests were conducted at the Nevada Test Site. |
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