The research shows that the first atomic bomb explosion’s effects had been underestimated, and could help more “downwinders” press for federal compensation.
That sucks man. There’s something especially upsetting knowing how and why a loved one died, and that there was nothing that could've been done differently.
My Grandpa died of thyroid cancer from these tests. He lived in south-central Utah and remembers feeling tremors from testing on his wedding day.
Study referenced in NYT article that was the basis for the article above:
Fallout from U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests in New Mexico and Nevada (1945-1962) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.11040.pdf