Summary
Theories, speculations and fantasies evaporate when facts appear. Given that, a group of 15 experts has just scored big points in the downwinder debate. According to a study, led by Dr. Joseph L. Lyon of the University of Utah, those who lived downwind from the nuclear tests in Nevada half-a-century ago suffered more thyroid cancer that once believed. And that means somebody shouldered less accountability than they should have.
The plight of Utah's downwinders has been the subject of books, television specials and articles for years. Terry Tempest Williams stirred feelings and discussion by writing about her "clan of one- breasted women" -- downwinder women with breast cancer. But the government fought her findings, feeling the link was tentative. Over the past 10 years, downwinders have appeared 265 times in articles published in the Deseret Morning News. Many of their stories have been heart-wrenching, but their claims have been anecdotal. Now Lyon has struck a telling blow. The study of how thyroid glands accumulated radioactive iodine from the milk of grazing cows will be published in the Epidemiology journal, a credible source of scientific study. Heads may not roll over the revelation, but heads will be turned.See the full content of this document
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Fallout From the New Fallout Study
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