downwinder
n.— «Downwinder is a term used to describe people who lived downwind from hundreds of nuclear tests conducted by the federal government between 1951 and 1992 at the Nevada Test Site.» —“‘Divine Strake’ test fuels Dixie protest” by Nancy Perkins in St. George Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) May 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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