TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fox,Sarah Alisabeth
TI  - Downwind: a people's history of the nuclear West 
SN  - 9780803269491
AV  - RA569 .D696 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
KW  - Uranium miners
KW  - Health and hygiene
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - Uranium mines and mining
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah
KW  - Nuclear weapons testing victims
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  - Testing
KW  - Nuclear industry
KW  - Radiation
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Living under the cloud --; Unearthing yellow monsters --; Home on the range --; Locally grown --; Writing down names --; Critical mass --; Conclusion; 2; b
N2  - An unflinching tale that reveals the intentional disregard for human and animal life through nuclear testing by the federal government and uranium extraction by mining corporations during and after the Cold War. Sarah Alisabeth Fox highlights the personal cost of nuclear testing and uranium extraction in the American West through extensive interviews with "downwinders," the Native American and non-Native residents of the Great Basin region affected by nuclear environmental contamination and nuclear-testing fallout. These downwinders tell tales of communities ravaged by cancer epidemics, farmers and ranchers economically ruined by massive crop and animal deaths, and Native miners working in dangerous conditions without proper safety equipment so that the government could surreptitiously study the effects of radiation on humans. In chilling detail Downwind brings to light the stories and concerns of these groups whose voices have been silenced and marginalized for decades in the name of "patriotism" and "national security."--Publisher description
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