John Wayne movie in 1956 filmed outside St. George linked to high cancer rates

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Jul 1, 2024
11:23:04pm

jrifkin48 All-American

John Wayne movie in 1956 filmed outside St. George linked to high cancer rates

“The Conqueror” filmed in the Utah desert just outside the town, St. George was 137 miles downwind from the Nevada Test Site, where the federal government conducted more than 900 nuclear tests.

91 out of 220 people on set developed cancer.

Has St. George had a historical problem with cancer?

A John Wayne flop has been linked to high cancer rates. A new documentary aims to tell the community’s story.

The 1956 movie “The Conqueror” is infamous among cinephiles, both for its casting of John Wayne as the Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan and for a suspicious number of deaths that followed its filming downwind of a nuclear test site. Nearly 70 years later, the makers of the documentary “The...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-wayne-flop-linked-high-190000462.html

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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.

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.

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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