The silent impacts of America’s nuclear past remain a grim reality for many. Between the 1950s and 1962, nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site released radioactive fallout into the environment. Many downwinders — people living in certain areas within Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah — continue to face the harsh
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Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands: Nuclear Tests and Their Impact
The Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands is one of the most infamous sites of nuclear testing in history. Located in the Pacific Ocean, its once-pristine islands became a testing ground for nuclear weapons between 1946 and 1958. Today, the atoll stands as a chilling reminder of how those tests have affected the environment, public
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