We followed this cancer survivor to United Nations to talk about nuclear fallout

Posted - Sept. 5, 2026 at 11:19 a.m.

Lois CollinsDeseret News

Mary Dickson makes a statement at the U.N. Meeting on Victim Assistance and Environmental Remediation at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 1, 2026. She is both a cancer survivor and a downwinder from nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Mary Dickson makes a statement at the U.N. Meeting on Victim Assistance and Environmental Remediation at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 1, 2026. She is both a cancer survivor and a downwinder from nuclear weapons testing at the Nevada Test Site. (Lily Stewart)

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