Tom Bailie, nuclear 'downwinder' who led rallying cry against 'industrial recklessness' at Hanford, dies
“I’m not anti-nuclear, but what they did to us was industrial recklessness and stupidity,” he once said.
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“I’m not anti-nuclear, but what they did to us was industrial recklessness and stupidity,” he once said.
June 18, 2023 (Mainichi Japan) https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230616/p2g/00m/0in/069000c HANFORD, Washington (Kyodo) -- As cleanup efforts continue in Washington state at a decommissioned U.S. nuclear facility that played a crucial role in the country's acquisition of the atom bomb in World War II, questions linger over whether the site has caused serious health issues for workers and local residents.…
After he and a local journalist conducted a survey on surrounding farms in 1985, Bailie began to have doubts. Nearly all the families living nearby suffered from cancer, birth defects, or thyroid disease, he says -- health issues that could be attributed to radiation exposure. This led to the area being coined "the death mile"…
As cleanup efforts continue in Washington state at a decommissioned U.S. nuclear facility that played a crucial role in the country's acquisition of the atom bomb in World War II, questions linger over whether the site has caused serious health issues for workers and local residents.
Stuart Whyte (right) with competitors who travelled from across Scotland (left -right) William Middleton, Ryan Wisely (3rd), Fraser Brown, Brian Gerrard, Brett Gillies (2nd), Andy Grant, Drew Surkitt , Mark Gibbert (1st) and Tom Baillie. Photograph: Iain Ferguson, alba.photos.