Ask Bernice Gutierrez of Albuquerque, New Mexico, how old she is and she’ll bluntly tell you, “I’m as old as the bomb.” Born just eight days before the United States detonated the first atomic bomb at the Trinity test site on July 16, 1945, Gutierrez has lived to see the terrible health effects of nuclear fallout radiation on her family. “There’s no timeframe for when you get cancer,” she told The Epoch Times. It started with her maternal great-grandfather, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which proved to be fatal. “My Mom had three types of cancer. She had skin, thyroid, and breast cancer. My one brother had thyroid cancer. His daughter had thyroid cancer. Another brother had prostate cancer,” Gutierrez, 76, said. On and on it went. Without letup. “My sister has had three recurring bouts of thyroid cancer,” Gutierrez said. “My youngest brother has thyroid disease. And I …
New Mexico ‘Downwinders’ Still Seeking Justice 77 Years After First Atomic Bomb Test
March 2, 2022
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