US Edition'They poisoned us': grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing
- A new Norwegian People's Aid report, provided exclusively to AFP, attributes at least four million premature deaths worldwide to nuclear testing and says effects of past tests are still being felt globally.
- More than 2,400 nuclear devices were detonated worldwide between 1945 and 2017, with the heaviest burden on communities near test sites in 15 different countries, the report says.
- Scientific analysis shows that ionising radiation, which `snaps DNA bonds and has no safe threshold,' links exposure to cancer and other diseases, report co-author Magdalena Stawkowski said.
- Survivors near test sites face elevated illness, congenital anomalies and trauma, while none of the nuclear-armed states has apologised and criticised mechanisms often limit liability, the report says.
- The report highlights secrecy and classified studies that have left victims without answers, documenting a culture of secrecy and the US 15-megaton Bravo test at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954 blanketing Rongelap about 120 kilometres away, where children thought fallout was snow.
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At least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases have been caused by nuclear weapons tests conducted around the world between 1945 and 2017, affecting, directly or indirectly, all human beings on the planet. The conclusion is a new report by the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), which analyses dozens of explosions conducted by countries holding atomic arsenals.
Nuclear weapons tests many decades ago have left a radioactive legacy
From the 1950s through the 1980s, the United States and Soviet Union built and tested thousands of nuclear weapons. Fallout from those tests has littered the planet with radioactive debris — a legacy that lives on. U.S testing took place in western states and on Pacific islands. The Soviets also tested their nukes on Pacific islands as well as at sites in what is now Russia and Kazakhstan. People living near nuclear sites were sometimes exposed …
Nuke Testings From 1945 To 2017 Led To 4 Million Premature Deaths: Report
Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into the deadly legacy.
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