Christy Pino, retired after a career in federal service, serves on the steering committee of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium. She grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh and now lives in Erie.

Radiation poisoning may result in kidney damage, burns, hemorrhages, and death. Individuals exposed to high doses may also suffer from skin damage, including burns, blisters, and ulcers.

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In 1903, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Henri Becquerel, for his discovery of radioactivity, and to Marie and Pierre Curie for their investigations of radioactivity phenomena.

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