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On the Hill
Saturday, February 10, 2001
House approves fallout committee
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 SALT LAKE CITY -- A resolution urging the federal government to grant Utah a citizens subcommittee to examine the health effects of nuclear test sites was unanimously approved by the Utah House Friday.

Rep. Lou Shurtliff, D-Ogden, said the state needs the committee to document possible health effects from Nevada's nuclear testing in the 1950s.

Radiation from the tests drifted east over Utah, causing high incidences of cancers and other illnesses.

The resolution asks the government to assign the state the last of the six federal subcommittees formed in 1994 to investigate the nation's nuclear legacy.

The same resolution passed the House last year, but the Senate didn't consider the issue before it adjourned.

 In the 1950s, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission detonated more than 100 nuclear weapons at its Nevada Test Site. These tests were followed by underground detonations from the 1960s through the 1980s.

 The resolution will now be considered by the Senate.


Commento: il fallout è il fenomeno della dispersione degli isotopi radioattivi a causa dei test nucleari e delle centrali nucleari. Quando la nuvola radioattiva raggiunge gli strati alti dell'atmosfera, si sparge poi su tutto il pianeta. Nel nostro paese non è mai stato creato un comitato per valutarne gli effetti, anche se essi stanno causando calamità internazionali (Sindromi varie, HIV, mucca pazza, invenzioni di malattie ereditarie, oncologi nominati ministri della sanità, etc.).