Western Downwinders Conference -Jan. 27th Re: Nuclear Fallout

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Fallout Compensation Expansion Conference Set for Boise
Idaho Downwinders, based in Emmett, Idaho, is organizing a conference open to the public, Saturday, January 27 in Boise, Idaho on expanding compensation to victims of radioactive fallout from past nuclear weapons testing in Nevada, Idaho Downwinders founder Tona Henderson announced today.

The conference will have lectures and films on the history of Nevada Nuclear Testing and fallout exposures to Idaho residents, and reports on the latest studies done on Utah and Nevada downwinders and how they relate to the risks of thyroid cancer and other thyroid diseases to Idaho residents who received higher exposures to radioactive iodine in fallout from testing.