This episode examines the devastating consequences of atmospheric nuclear testing during the Cold War. It explains how radioactive fallout spread globally, contaminating the entire planet with isotopes like strontium ninety and iodine one thirty one. The episode explores the experiences of downwinders near the Nevada Test Site, Pacific Islanders whose homes became nuclear proving grounds including the Castle Bravo disaster, and victims of Soviet and French testing programs. It concludes with the grassroots movement that pressured governments to end atmospheric testing, culminating in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of nineteen sixty three.
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