Anniversary of the death of Karen Silkwood, Nov. 13, 1974 Karen Silkwood, (born February 19, 1946, Longview, Texas, U.S.—died November 13, 1974, near Crescent, Oklahoma), American laboratory technician and activist who attempted to expose the safety violations and negligence at Kerr-McGee’s Cimarron River nuclear facility and died in a car crash before she was able […]

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