Christie Brinkley: Don’t let the US resume nuclear weapon tests that ended decades ago | Opinion
James Heddle James Heddle

Christie Brinkley: Don’t let the US resume nuclear weapon tests that ended decades ago | Opinion

The United States and other nuclear powers are now moving closer to resuming nuclear weapons tests, decades after testing ended. This highly disturbing trend must be halted. Since the atomic age, 2,056 nuclear weapons have been detonated, 528 of them above the ground. The United States and Soviet Union accounted for about 85% of these tests. The explosive power of atmospheric tests equaled 29,000 Hiroshima bombs. Airborne radioactive fallout circled the globe, re-entered the environment through precipitation, and entered human bodies through food and water.

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