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National Cancer Institute to launch survey on Trinity Site health effects via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2014/10/07 by norma field

The National Cancer Institute later this month will begin interviewing Native and Hispanic New Mexicans in a survey designed to fill in a major historical gap of the nuclear age — possible health effects of the first detonation of a … Continue reading →

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H-Bomb Guinea Pigs! Natives Suffering Decades After New Mexico Tests via Indian Country

Posted on 2014/03/07 by norma field

It has taken nearly 70 years, but the National Cancer Institute is launching a study to determine how much radiation the residents of New Mexico were exposed to that fateful day, and what effect it could have on their lives. … Continue reading →

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68 Years Ago: The Nuclear Age Is Born—Amid Secrecy, Cover-up and Radiation Threat Read more: 68 Years Ago: The Nuclear Age Is Born—Amid Secrecy, Cover-up and Radiation Threat via The Nation

Posted on 2013/07/16 by norma field

While most people trace the dawn of the nuclear era to August 6, 1945, and the dropping of the atomic bomb over the center of Hiroshima, it really began three weeks earlier, in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, with … Continue reading →

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Rid world of nuclear tests via Observer and Eccentric

Posted on 2012/07/09 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

We celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s founding and are grateful for the freedom we have. And while we’re all out having fun in the sun, a solemn day is almost forgotten. July 16 marks the 67th anniversary of the … Continue reading →

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Hanford: America’s Nuclear Nightmare　via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2012/01/26 by norma field

Seven decades after scientists came here during World War II to create plutonium for the first atomic bomb, a new generation is struggling with an even more daunting task: cleaning up the radioactive mess. The U.S. government is building a … Continue reading →

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