Toxic Agents
Toxic AgentsToxic Agents: Atomic Radiation Exposure
From 1945 to 1963, radioactive fallout from U.S. above‐ground nuclear weapons tests exposed over 200,000 military personnel, as well as a large but indeterminate number of civilian test workers and and so‐called downwinders, people living near the test sites. Most exposures were very low, however, and clear evidence of injury was lacking.
Three military groups received the bulk of relatively high exposures: uniformed members of the test organizations (1945–63); members of the task forces required for Pacific testing (1946–62); and participants in Desert Rock training exercises for a nuclear battlefield, held in Nevada (1951–57).
Military members of the test...
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