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Jul 1, 2024
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gwalker
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For people that lived in Saint George at the time? Yes. They’re called down
winders.
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John Wayne movie in 1956 filmed outside St. George linked to high cancer rates
jrifkin48
Jul 1, 11:23pm
For people that lived in Saint George at the time? Yes. They’re called down
gwalker
Jul 1, 11:25pm
Downwinders. Southern Utah has incredibly high cancer rates as a result.
stenso
Jul 1, 11:47pm
My grandma was a downwinder. Got a $50k check from the govt
STL
Jul 1, 11:55pm
That's it??
icecougar
Jul 2, 12:17am
It was in the 90's so that would be over $100k in today's dollars, but yeah...
STL
Jul 2, 12:20am
Ripoff. Usually it’s free to get killed by the government.
Jericho
Jul 2, 12:30am
More than free. They'll actually pay you for your service.
jrifkin48
Jul 2, 7:37am
My dad grew up in a small town in Southern Utah, and they’ve had all sorts of
Japan Coug
Jul 2, 2:02am
My downwinder aunt also died of leukemia in her 40s.
dYrtbYkerYder
Jul 2, 5:59am
My wife’s mother and 3 sisters grew up in Hiko Nevada in the 50’s and 60’s
OU Cougar
Jul 2, 6:07am
My aunt who died of leukemia in Western Utah loved to drink milk.
dYrtbYkerYder
Jul 2, 9:52am
I grew up in Southern Utah during the atomic testing. Had my crack at stage 4
Bullrider
Jul 2, 10:15am
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