Downwinders and the Radioactive West [View all]

In the 1950s and ‘60s, the U.S. government conducted a series of nuclear tests in the Nevada desert. #nucleartesting #radioactive #nuclear_bomb #radioactivedecay

The resulting fallout would kick off a decades-long debate over cancer rates, the costs of patriotism, and the responsibility of a nation to protect its citizens.

Nuclear testing in the 1950s started a decades-long controversy that endures today. Narrated by actor Peter Coyote, Downwinders and the Radioactive West tells the unsettling stories of those affected by environmental contamination due to nuclear testing in Nevada.

Downwinders and the Radioactive West premiered on Wednesday, January 27 2021. The documentary first aired in recognition of the National Day of Remembrance for Downwinders in the United States. In November 2011, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a resolution designating the day to acknowledge the harm caused to Americans by the fallout from nuclear testing in Nevada ...