Resource February 22, 2016

Meet the Journalist: Dan Zak

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Seven decades ago the Marshall Islands felt what nuclear war would be like. This century they're...

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"So we (the U.S.) tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands from 1946-1958. If you take the explosive yield and spread it out evenly, the equivalent would be like setting off one and a half Hiroshima bombs every day for twelve years."

Washington Post reporter Dan Zak discusses his work on the immediate and long-term fallout in the Marshall Islands.

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