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BIRTH defects and cancers blight the tortured people who have the misfortune of living in the world's most radioactive places.More than seven decades
Share From 1966 to 1974, France conducted 41 above-ground test of nuclear weapons on the Moruroa atoll, including this one of a 0.9-megaton giant in the Licorne test on 3 July 1970. CTBTO/SCIENCE SOURCE France grossly underestimated radioactive fallout from atom bomb tests, study finds Mar. 11, 2021 , 2:30 PM From 1966 to 1974, France blew up 41 nuclear weapons in above-ground tests in French Polynesia, the collection of 118 islands and atolls that is part of France. The French government has long contended that the testing was done safely. But a new analysis of hundreds of documents ...
Around 110,000 people in the South Pacific were affected by the radioactive fallout of French nuclear testing, according to a new independent investigation. Even more damningly, the report argues that France may have even downplayed the true impact of its nuclear tests carried out in one of its overseas territories in an attempt to bury the past. At least 193 nuclear bomb tests were blasted over French Polynesia between 1966 to 1996. This included at least 46 atmospheric tests, nuclear explosions that take place in the atmosphere, as opposed to underground. On the other side of the planet, th...
Findings pave way for more than 100,000 people affected by carcinogenic fallout to claim compensation