[Clump]

6 out of 6 got cancer and four died in their 40s or 50s from it.
I’m a little surprised that the radiation from the tests wasn’t a real concern even in the fifties.

[Calvin Locke]

I worked with a guy whose father was one of the soldiers in a unit that was exposed to a bomb blast.

He, himself, was born with a cleft palate that required surgery, and his father suffered health problems in the decades afterward.

One of the anecdotes about the Trinity test was how disconcerting Edward Teller's slathering on sunscreen was among others in the bunker as they waited for the countdown.

[buckalfa]

"I’m a little surprised that the radiation from the tests wasn’t a real concern even in the fifties.'

There were concerns about the effect of radiation from above ground nuke test during the 50's. Newscasts featured fallout pattern maps, etc. Some may also remember the Strontium 90 in milk alerts. The end result were the test ban treaties of the 60's. However the environmental wacko movement was embryonic and the Feds ran a masterful "your friend the atom" propaganda campaign to augment the US position during the Cold War.