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downwinder

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  • noun A person (or community) that lives downwind from a potential hazard (such as a nuclear power station)

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downwind +‎ -er

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  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    How to Squash the Baneberry of the East a la Dorothy Gale 2009

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    Speak now or for the next five years hold your peace 2008

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    DOE saying it's protecting us is a hard pill to swallow 2008

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    Sermon for the downtrodden activist 2008

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    The Un-killable Nevada Bomb Test 2008

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    Going subcritical: a nuclear test is a nuclear test is a nuclear test 2008

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    Divine Strake for Thanksgiving 2006

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    Say No to the Divine Strake 2006

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    GI Joe vs Albert Schweitzer 2006

  • Andrew Kishner is a downwinder activist and founder of Idealist. ws, a grassroots organization that endeavors to slow and ultimately reverse the tide of global corporate and governmental suppression and cover-up (more ...)

    Survive the Demise 2006

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  • bilby commented on the word downwinder

    "Downwinders refers to individuals and communities who are exposed to radioactive contamination or nuclear fallout from atmospheric or underground nuclear weapons testing, and nuclear accidents."

    - Wikipedia, cited April 2011.

    April 25, 2011