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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts) Fri Dec 29, 2017, 12:00 PM Dec 2017

US nuclear tests killed far more civilians than we knew

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US nuclear tests killed far more civilians than we knew (Original Post) L. Coyote Dec 2017 OP

Glad someone is posting about this issue. Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #1

what ever hapened with the "baby teeth" project Blues Heron Dec 2017 #2

It's all those high altitude tests that really freak me out, no telling what damage those did Baclava Dec 2017 #3

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

1. Glad someone is posting about this issue.

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 01:41 PM

Dec 2017

Coming from the Midwest,one can stick a pin in the Cancer Clusters. Central Minnesota,North Western Wisconsin,South Eastern Michigan and areas where Dairy Cows Grazed on Grass during the Summer months.

Blues Heron

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2. what ever hapened with the "baby teeth" project

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 01:57 PM

Dec 2017

They were going to follow people whose parents sent in their baby teeth, measure the received dose in the teeth, then see what cancer if any they developed.

Baclava

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3. It's all those high altitude tests that really freak me out, no telling what damage those did

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 02:04 PM

Dec 2017

Starfish Prime was a July 9, 1962 high-altitude nuclear test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=KFXlrn6-ypg

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