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Day Of Two Suns

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Beginning from 1942 to 1992 the United States has done almost 1032 nuclear bomb testing around the equator. Even though it was a big step forward for the United States when it comes to developing nuclear bomb. However, the bomb testing resulted civilians to move from their hometown, and also left them exposed to radiation causing them several unwanted diseases and genetic mutations. However most of the time the voice/request of the natives left unheard or ignored or oppressed. That’s when Jane Dibblin a British journalist steps up. In her book the Day of Two Suns: U.S. Nuclear Testing and the Pacific Islanders Dibblin projects to the world the unheard voices of the natives behind the testing. Throughout her book Dibblin tends to focus …show more content…

Dibbling didn’t stop there she criticize Conard by stating that it’s culturally acceptable for women to have unwanted babies in the village in fact she provokes that scientist/doctors by saying “what the study fails to question is whether the ‘unexposed; women began to have more miscarriages as they ingested radioactive substance in food and water on Rongelap”(Dibblin 40).this means that the scientist didn’t di enough research or follow up to check whether the unexposed women were consuming radioactive in any format. Although she doesn’t have a certified proof to support her claim for the cause of miscarriage she goes on by stating a general assumption by saying “ by 1960 it was widely known that radiation could produce fetal and genetic damage and doctors should have been on the lookout for it”(Dibblin 40).this means that it’s a known fact that by 1960 radiation could cause birth defects ,the doctors should have known by now that the women in Rongelap might have had the same effect. This shows that she doesn’t have a certified proof but she does stay still in her

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