I Russell Ade have concluded my testing for fallout generated by above ground testing of nuclear weapons in the Independence County, Arkansas area. Just to get you up to speed on what's been happening. During the 1950's above ground testing in Nevada, lots of fallout ended up in Independence and surrounding counties. Readings on the Geiger counter during the 1950's by Hale Bryant the head of civilian defense in the area were off the scale.

   The good news is the ridges I tested are all clear with very little trace radiation. The lower bottoms, bayou's and watershed I tested have higher trace radiation. That is to be expected as the fallout is a dust and has washed down from 50+ years of weather. Good news is all I found from test areas were traces of radiation. Nothing like the off the scale readings Hale Bryant recorded in the 1950's. 

   Radiation induced cancers did effect the population. Most of the victims have passed away and the youngest children of this era are in their 50's. I believe what we can learn from this is you can survive some fallout.The price of nuclear fallout is the health of some of the population. Our nuclear weapon tests often exceeded expectations and were more powerful producing larger explosions and fallout.

   With our knowledge of the effects of above ground nuclear tests, I believe we should if necessary test nuclear weapons in a contained laboratory environment. This way we will leave the population out of the equation. I hope this answers some of your questions. Thank You. Russell Ade