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ramapo

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1. It wasn't just the West

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2024, 10:55 PM

Nov 27

Clearly they got the worst of it.

I remember as a kid in North Jersey that Strontium 90 in the milk was a concern. There were post-test news reports tracking the radiation as it moved west-to-east across the country.

I would think some unlucky people along the way developed health problems later in life due to exposure.

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Downwinders and the Radioactive West [View all] struggle4progress Nov 27 OP

It wasn't just the West ramapo Nov 27 #1

It would be interesting to compare strontium 90 deaths in NJ with deaths from being downwind of PA coal plants. NNadir Nov 28 #6

Fallout IowaUnionman Nov 27 #2

K&R. nt Ilsa Nov 27 #3

At least that testing was "confined" to the continental US OKIsItJustMe Nov 28 #4

My father-in-law witnessed one of theose explosions up close... hunter Nov 28 #5