To quote current Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) from a Senate hearing held on the subject in 1998:
"Kodak complained to the Atomic Energy Commission and that Government agency agreed to give Kodak advanced information on future tests, including ’expected distribution of radioactive material in order to anticipate local contamination.’
“In fact, the Government warned the entire photographic industry and provided maps and forecasts of potential contamination. Where, I ask, were the maps for dairy farmers? Where were the warnings to parents of children in these areas? So here we are, Mr. Chairman. The Government protected rolls of film, but not the lives of our kids. There is something wrong with this picture.”