Terry Tempest Williams had several relatives that died from cancer. She was convinced that nuclear test done in the 50's and 60's were to blame for the deaths of her relatives. Though she could not prove that the test were the reason, she said that she could also not prove it. The clan of One-Breasted Women is an organization of women that are thought to have been affected by the nuclear fallout through their mothers. They want to be united with the earth arround them and feel they carry the burden of the burning desert.
She speaks of how she is one with the land and how she is part of the land. These test, she is convinced, have caused hundreds of cases of cancer. She even states how it took 14 years for her mother to show the symptoms of cancer. This directly correlates to what Howard L. Andrews, an authority of nuclear fallout, says it takes for nuclear fallout symptoms to occur.
If the nuclear fallout is most definitely the reason for causing the cancer then is it necessary for the people affected to be compensated?
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