Green Options » atomic testing http://greenoptions.com/tag/atomic-testing Posts tagged 'atomic testing' Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:34:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Is Utah to Become a Uranium Dumping Ground for the World? http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/14/is-utah-to-become-a-uranium-dumping-ground-for-the-world/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/14/is-utah-to-become-a-uranium-dumping-ground-for-the-world/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:34:43 +0000 Max Lindberg http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/14/is-utah-to-become-a-uranium-dumping-ground-for-the-world/ creamer.jpgHere’s the scenario. You’re a young boy living in southern Utah, not far from Nevada’s atomic testing grounds. The mushroom clouds that rose in the sky were fascinating to see, as was the greenish tint that hung in the western sky for weeks. As your family drives from your home along the road to Zion National Park, you notice state troopers warning drivers to roll up their car windows, even when it was quite warm, and you wondered why.

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Years later, your father dies of lymphoma, and you realize it may have been the result of breathing that green air from the atomic testing range. And you finally understand why the state troopers warned motorists about the dirty air.

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