People living near the Nevada Test Site got as much radiation from a few years of fallout from government testing as they would from natural sources during their entire lifetimes.
Nevada town is condemned by the U.S.
The Naval Air Station outside Fallon, Nev. forces out the last residents of Dixie Valley, an area used for military drills. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Arizona surrenders a dam to save CAP
Arizona’s congressional delegation has agreed to abandon plans for the $316 million Cliff Dam, contested by environmental groups, in exchange for those groups promising not to interfere with completion of the Central Arizona Project. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/19.13/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Downwinders: America’s nuclear sacrificial lambs
The federal government’s nuclear experiments at the Nevada Test Site have left a wake of illness and anguish cloaked in cover-up, and the victims — the “downwinders” — continue to fight for compensation to help them cope. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download…