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Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old - zqwerty - 02-12-2024
13-year-old Barbara Kent (center) and her fellow campers play in a river near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, just hours after the Atomic Bomb detonation 40 miles away [Trinity nuclear test]. Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old.
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RE: Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old - Lilith7 - 02-12-2024
Although they may not have known the full extent of the bomb until later, you'd think they might have been more cautious & put a ban on people being within a certain distance when they were doing the first test.
RE: Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old - harm_less - 02-12-2024
Ignorance is bliss. Our Navy observed the Christmas Island nuclear testing with dire results for the servicemen. Thalidomide was rolled out on patients without sufficient testing for harmful effects. Asbestos has been use in construction for decades before its risks were fully recognised, and fibreglass insulation may well fall into that same hole as time goes by.
RE: Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old - Oh_hunnihunni - 02-12-2024
Well of course. St Barbara looks after her own.
(02-12-2024, 11:17 AM)harm_less Wrote: Ignorance is bliss. Our Navy observed the Christmas Island nuclear testing with dire results for the servicemen. Thalidomide was rolled out on patients without sufficient testing for harmful effects. Asbestos has been use in construction for decades before its risks were fully recognised, and fibreglass insulation may well fall into that same hole as time goes by.
Plastics...
We know it, but we pretend it's okay.