Trinity nuclear test’s fallout reached 46 states, Canada and Mexico, study finds
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Pretty sure my grandmother died from leukemia as a result.
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