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The long Cold War of the twentieth century has ended, but only now are the poisonous legacies of that "first nuclear age" coming to light. Activists and anthropologists, the authors of this volume reveal the devastating, complex, and long-term environmental health problems afflicting the people who worked in uranium mining and processing, lived in regions dedicated to the construction of nuclear weapons or participated, often unknowingly, in radiation experiments.
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The US and the USSR developed a mutual language that served both well during the Cold War. It was not a code, because its intent was obvious, but it made it appear the Cold War was cold when in fact it was not. It was undeclared, but the combatants fought so fiercely, and fought to hide their fighting so fiercely, that they actually bombed themselves. This collection of articles by academics, commentators and survivors details the damage done to humans and the environment in the course of that war, as elements of so-called "nuclear tests," which existed primarily to scare the socks of the other side, were consciously conducted in populated areas. Uranium mining and processing, weapons development and testing, and medical tests of the effects of radiation were all endured by communities, and their pleas for information were ignored by governments on both sides. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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