The Phantom Fallout-Induced Cancer Epidemic in Southwestern Utah: Downwinders Deluded and Waiting to Die

by Tedd Anasti

Book Overview

In the 1950s, the government detonated many above-ground tests of nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site exposing the people living downwind, who became known as downwinders, to radioactive fallout. Almost three decades later, the downwinders were told that their cancer rates were more than double nationwide rates. Tort lawyers with the aid of activist, politicians, and the print and electronic media succeeded in creating an atmosphere of fear, panic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439206473
• ISBN13: 9781439206478
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"