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How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster

How the U.S. betrayed the Marshall Islands, kindling the next nuclear disaster

During the Cold War, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands. The U.S. also conducted a dozen biological weapons tests and dumped 130 tons of irradiated soil, now vulnerable to rising seas.

High radiation levels found in giant clams near U.S. nuclear dump in Marshall Islands

High radiation levels found in giant clams near U.S. nuclear dump in Marshall Islands

The discovery raises concerns the contamination is spreading from the dump site's tainted groundwater into the ocean and the food chain.

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