Based on interviews with all parties and on extensive archival research into the files of the Atomic Energy Commission, Justice Downwind relays the story of how the United States exploded atomic weapons on its own soil between the years 1951 and 1963. Concerned with the hazards of cancer and radioactive fallout, 1,100 citizens living downwind of the testing site sued the government for causing injury and wrongful death. This new paperback edition includes updated information on the 10th Circuit Court's recent decision to ...
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Based on interviews with all parties and on extensive archival research into the files of the Atomic Energy Commission, Justice Downwind relays the story of how the United States exploded atomic weapons on its own soil between the years 1951 and 1963. Concerned with the hazards of cancer and radioactive fallout, 1,100 citizens living downwind of the testing site sued the government for causing injury and wrongful death. This new paperback edition includes updated information on the 10th Circuit Court's recent decision to overturn Judge Jenkins's ruling against the Federal Government in the Allen v. the United States case on grounds of negligence.
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