The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Testing

When the first bomb was tested on Bikini Atoll, it was the first time that a nuclear weapon had been used after the 1945 attack on Japan by the U.S. (Eschner). For the testing, the 167 islanders of Bikini Atoll were moved to Rongerik Atoll. After the testing was done, some of the islanders returned to Bikini. Soon after they moved back, it became clear that the radioactivity levels in Bikini were still critically high so they had to be moved back. The U.S. government completed a cleanup project in response to a lawsuit that the Bikini islanders filed but, the radiation levels were still deemed too high to allow people to move back (Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia). The U.S. should have responsibilities for the continued healthcare of populations that were displaced by nuclear testings because the testing caused some people to become ill and the Bikinians and others had to move to Rongerik as well as other locations.

should have responsibilities for the continued healthcare of the people that were displaced by the nuclear testings because it caused some to become sick. After the testings took place, the U.S. government scientists declared Bikini safe for resettlement because they didn’t know there were still high levels of radiation there. Some islanders were permitted to return, but they were removed again because they consumed high levels of radiation from eating foods that were grown on the former nuclear testing site (Majuro). If the islanders weren’t permitted to return, they wouldn’t of become ill because of the radiation. Some people also became ill because of the radioactive dust as well. This dust caused some people from Rongelap Atoll to have burns on their skin and depressed blood counts (Jorgensen). If not for the testing happening there, then Bikini and the other atolls and islands wouldn’t of been