No one knew precisely the effect it would have ... food and water supplies. People exposed to large doses of radiation developed radiation sickness — “atomic bomb disease”.
Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima ... discrimination and fear of health effects from radiation, but she wants more people to know what nuclear weapons really do to them.
Only two atomic bombs have ever ... but decided to drop the bomb on Nagasaki after cloud cover over Kokura blocked the pilots' vision. Nearly 40,000 people died instantly in Nagasaki, while ...
“I felt like I needed to work even harder on what I had done so far,” said Terumi Tanaka, who survived the atomic ... of health effects from radiation, but she wants more people to know ...