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[Kevin] Downwinders are people who live downwind
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Downwind

Downwinders are peoplewho live downwind, downstream, up the food chain,down the...

[Kevin] Downwinders are people
who live downwind, downstream, up the food chain,
down the generations from these radioactive
exposures, as for nuclear weapons testing
fallout

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[Kevin] Downwinders are people who live downwind,
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downstream, up the food chain, down the generations
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from these radioactive exposures,
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as for nuclear weapons testing fallout.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:21
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Backlot Docs,Cinco Dedos Peliculas

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Movie Summary

Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living do...
The United States government literally said, - Downwind 00:16
The United States government literally said,
"A low-use segment of the population,” - Downwind 00:05
"A low-use segment of the population,”
We've got some business to conduct, - Downwind 00:09
We've got some business to conduct,
Not just a low-use segment of the population, - Downwind 00:41
Not just a low-use segment of the population,
They were being experimented upon - Downwind 00:05
They were being experimented upon
[narrator] The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act - Downwind 00:15
[narrator] The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
[Brian] When people are exposed to radiation, - Downwind 00:08
[Brian] When people are exposed to radiation,
And genetic damage is what we call the break in-- - Downwind 00:10
And genetic damage is what we call the break in--
When that happens, there, uh, - Downwind 00:08
When that happens, there, uh,
What is easiest for the public to understand, - Downwind 00:06
What is easiest for the public to understand,
The functioning, and proper functioning of genes, - Downwind 00:12
The functioning, and proper functioning of genes,
It's critical to the function of the heart, - Downwind 00:09
It's critical to the function of the heart,
So, if you're exposed to anything - Downwind 00:27
So, if you're exposed to anything
Not to mention the psychological burden - Downwind 00:06
Not to mention the psychological burden
And I remember, uh, the weekend - Downwind 00:08
And I remember, uh, the weekend
-[explosion booming] -[wind whooshing] - Downwind 00:06
-[explosion booming] -[wind whooshing]
How many tests do you have to do, - Downwind 00:26
How many tests do you have to do,
Um, and-- and to me, I always said, - Downwind 00:18
Um, and-- and to me, I always said,
[narrator] The Atomic Energy Commission's report added, - Downwind 00:09
[narrator] The Atomic Energy Commission's report added,
In this atomic age, we are living - Downwind 00:06
In this atomic age, we are living