[kittymyrib]

When I was a child in the early fifties, we lived west of the atomic proving grounds in New Mexico. The prevailing westerly wind regularly blew radioactivity right over us. We’d be playing in the snow and eating it when Mama would tap on the window and tell us to quit because they announced on the radio that the snow was radioactive. Of course, we kept playing in it.

Sometimes we got the word that our pasture, where our milk cows grazed, was contaminated. Other times we wouldn’t. Our parents did not keep the cattle off the pasture because we needed the milk, and the government directives did not emphasize the dangers of exposure.

I’m in my 70s, and a lot of people I grew up with have died of cancer, including my mother. My siblings and I have had thyroid nodules, some cancerous and others not. But we all have a fine sense of distrust of the government that didn’t care at all about our safety.

[tobyhill]

I don't trust much of our Government either but the worst case scenario here doesn't even come close to the US.

[acapesket]

I am witchoo girl! I live in NE where they experimented with poisoning/arming insects of all things! Lyme’s disease is Not an Accident. 1955- 1965 all kinds of stupid crap going on.

Alzheimers, Fibromyalgia, breast cancer, MS , the list goes on and on. CFS/ME. Lung Cancer.

Oy Vey!

Our army boys were very busy in the fifties.

[newzjunkey]

You admit the radio announced the snow was radioactive and you ignored your mother's directions. You'd get word of pasture contamination but let the cows graze anyway and you blame government for not caring?

That's the very thought process which created the Nanny State!!