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The researchers extrapolated information using a
database obtained from the US Department
of Labor under the Freedom
of Information Act.
107,394 Nuclear Workers Were Diagnosed With Cancer
The reverberations of nuclear power are most often reported on
during the occasional nuclear meltdown, like the 1986
Chernobyl disaster and the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
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But, the consequences of nuclear power are far more persistent and prevalent than the mainstream media has often led the public to believe, even in the US. According to a yearlong investigation, a staggering 33,480 US nuclear workers have died from radiation exposure in the last seven decades
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The death count was published and disclosed for the first time by American publishing company McClatchy. The report revealed that the number of US workers who died from nuclear radiation exposure was four times greater than the number of American casualties in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The count involves all workers who died after they or their survivors were compensated by a special fund established in 2001, which aided workers who helped build the US nuclear stockpile.
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Approximately 107,394 workers were diagnosed with cancer or other maladies after building the country’s nuclear stockpile over the last seven decades. The researchers extrapolated information using a database obtained from the US Department of Labor under the Freedom of Information Act. In addition, the investigation involved over 100 interviews with nuclear workers, scholars, government authorities and environmental activists.
↑ ↑ ↑ Watch & Worry ↑ ↑ ↑
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