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One of the incidents was caused by aerial refueling: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-52_crash https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Palomares_B-

• Gracana 3y ago
  Do you have a different link that talks about that? The Wikipedia article says there were no health issues. “Despite the cost and the number of personnel involved in the cleanup, traces of contamination remained forty years later. Snails were observed with unusual levels of radioactivity.[31] Additional tracts of land were also appropriated for testing and further cleanup. However, no indication of health issues has been discovered among the local population in Palomares.[29]”
  • morsch 3y ago
    I didn't mean to imply that there were health issues.
  • __MatrixMan__ 3y ago
    It's kind of hard to believe that measurable affects were found among the snails but it hasn't contributed to a case of cancer here or there over the years. Human cancer that is, although I do feel for the snails.
    • lupusreal 3y ago
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