Even eighty years after the first nuclear bomb test, the consequences still haunt people all around the world. Radioactive fallout hasn’t just vanished; instead, it continues to affect the health of ...

“Nowhere is truly ‘safe’ from fallout and other consequences like contamination of food and water supplies and prolonged radiation exposure.” That is the assessment of John Erath, the Senior Policy ...

The problem of defects is so big, there's even a museum of mutations at the regional medical institute back in Semey, the largest city near the old nuclear testing site. It's a small room filled with ...