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Dept. of Health Sheep Radiation Studies Online

Gina Strack
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March 1, 2017
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Correspondence, memorandum, meeting minutes, photographs, and reports from the various investigators and agencies involved with the sheep death investigations that took place in Cedar City in 1953 and 1954 are now online. The study papers and compiled reports found here were collected by the Utah Department of Health, and highlight the questions surrounding radioactive fallout from the Nevada Test Site and its contributing role in the heavy losses of sheep in 1953 among herds that were wintered in areas downwind of the site.

These are just some of the Utah State Archives records highlighted in “Downwind in Utah,” with more to be added online later.