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The U.S. government secretly dosed millions with radioactive iodine—and what they’re hiding now

06/02/2025 // Lance D Johnson // Views

Tags: atomic energy, Cold War, Cover-Up, environmental toxins, fallout, government corruption, iodine-131, Medical Tyranny, National Cancer Institute, Nevada Test Site, nuclear testing, Pacific Northwest, Public Health, radiation, radioactive exposure, RECA, Soviet tests, thyroid cancer, Whistleblowers

The American public has long been treated as disposable test subjects in the government’s reckless pursuit of power—no consent, no warning, no mercy. Between 1951 and 1962, more than 100 nuclear bombs were detonated in the open air, saturating the nation with radioactive fallout. The most insidious byproduct? Iodine-131, a silent killer that infiltrated milk, crops, and children’s thyroids from coast to coast. Decades later, the National Cancer Institute confirmed what whistleblowers had long suspected: every person in the contiguous U.S. was exposed. But this wasn’t an accident—it was a calculated betrayal. And if the government was willing to poison its own people then, what deadly experiments are they running on us now?

Key points:

• The U.S. government conducted over 100 above-ground nuclear tests, releasing radioactive iodine-131 (I-131) into the atmosphere.
• Winds carried fallout nationwide, contaminating food supplies, particularly milk consumed by children.
• I-131 targets the thyroid, increasing risks of cancer and autoimmune disorders—yet the public was never warned.
• High-exposure states included Utah, Idaho, Montana, and the Midwest, but no region was spared.
• Compensation programs arrived decades too late, leaving thousands of victims without justice.
• The same government that lied about fallout is likely concealing modern-day toxic exposures through geoengineering programs, agrochemicals, vaccine experiments, psychiatric drugs, and food chemicals.

The invisible poison: How I-131 infiltrated America

Unlike natural background radiation, I-131 is a man-made isotope with a sinister affinity for the thyroid gland. Once released, it clung to grass, seeped into cows’ milk, and found its way into the bodies of unsuspecting children—the most vulnerable to its effects. The National Cancer Institute admits that nearly every American alive during the testing era ingested this radioactive poison. Yet, at the time, officials dismissed concerns, assuring the public that fallout was "harmless."

Historical records reveal a darker truth: the government knew. Internal documents from the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acknowledged the risks but prioritized Cold War dominance over public safety. As Princeton’s research shows, fallout maps paint a damning picture—radioactive particles didn’t stop at state lines. They blanketed the nation, carried by rain into soil, water, and food supplies.

The great betrayal: Lies, lawsuits, and a legacy of suffering

The government’s silence wasn’t just negligence—it was a criminal conspiracy. By the time the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was passed in 1990, generations had already suffered. Thyroid cancer rates spiked in high-fallout zones, yet victims were met with bureaucratic hurdles. "Prove it was our nukes," officials demanded, knowing full well that decades-old exposures were nearly impossible to trace.

Dr. Helen Caldicott, a renowned anti-nuclear advocate, put it bluntly: "This was a mass poisoning, sanctioned by the state." Even today, RECA’s payouts are a pittance compared to the suffering inflicted. And what of the unstudied fallout from Soviet tests, Pacific detonations, or Hiroshima’s radioactive blow back? Researchers suspect California and the Pacific Northwest bore the brunt—but without comprehensive studies, the full toll remains hidden.

What are they hiding today?

If history teaches anything, it’s that governments never stop experimenting on their citizens. From suppressing toxic water in Flint to forcing harmful medical mandates, the playbook remains the same: deceive, dismiss, and delay accountability. The same institutions that lied about nuclear fallout and fluoride now push untested vaccine experiments, psychiatric drugs, chemical-laden foods, and environmental pollutants like atrazine, neonicotinoids, and glyphosate—all while silencing dissent.

As the late journalist Upton Sinclair once warned, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." The officials who green lit nuclear tests didn’t drink the milk. The bureaucrats pushing today’s poisons won’t suffer the consequences. The question isn’t whether they’re lying—it’s how much worse the truth will be when it finally surfaces.

Sources include:

JonFleetwood.substack.com

Cancer.gov

DownWinders.com [PDF]

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