Marshall Islands folk artists suffer from cancers. U.S. nukes bear much of the blame At least a dozen prominent Marshallese musicians have suffered voices damaged from thyroid disorders — a type of illness that increased in the Marshall Islands after residents were exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear weapons testing.
Impacts 15 months, 5 trips, a gut-wrenching sight: How we reported the Marshall Islands story The Marshall Islands show that the comfort and security of the United States have not come without a price.
He saw a Marshall Islands nuclear bomb test up close. It’s haunted him since 1952 After watching an island get vaporized, Alan Jones and the crew on the Horizon were doused in a shower of radioactive fallout.
