While many downwinders were exposed to weapons testing, millions more have been affected by radioactive fallout due to U.S. sites engaged in the production of nuclear weapons and/or nuclear power.
風下住民の多くは核兵器の実験によって被曝したが、数百万人が米国の核兵器あるいは原子力発電の生産施設に起因する放射性降下物の影響を受けてきた。