US nuclear tests killed far more civilians than we knew

May be notable?

"When the US entered the nuclear age, it did so recklessly. New research suggests that the hidden cost of developing nuclear weapons were far larger than previous estimates, with radioactive fallout responsible for 340,000 to 690,000 American deaths from 1951 to 1973."

From the article: "By comparing this data with county-level mortality records, Meyers came across a significant finding: “Exposure to fallout through milk leads to immediate and sustained increases in the crude death rate.” What’s more, these results were sustained over time. US nuclear testing likely killed seven to 14 times more people than we had thought, mostly in the midwest and northeast."

SO, 14 times 700,000 = 9.8 million, but according to this from the article "the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty might have saved between 11.7 and 24.0 million American lives,” or caused that many deaths

UNable to post image.

sauce: https://qz.com/1163140/us-nuclear-tests-killed-american-civilians-on-a-scale-comparable-to-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/