"Safety wasn't much of a factor." "The men could see the bones in their arms when they shielded their eyes from the blast... like a large x-ray..." "(The Atomic) Cloud ascends into Heaven, with all the colors of the rainbow," one cheery, chilling propaganda film tells us. It was The Department of Energy that DEFUNDED studies that found that low-level radiation causes cancer. Let the people who own and operate nuclear power plants live on-site. Or downwind. When I arrived here 20 years ago, I was shocked to find that the governor of this state (NC) was about to accept a $500,000 gift from the local Nukes to let them dump radioactive waste into the nearby Cape Fear River. Activists from England brought the story to light and challenged the guv to a public debate; he refused to show. One night a few years later, I turned down a local street fronting the river- and there, in the middle of the street, directly in front of the local office of an Environmental agency, stood a rusted 50 gallon oil drum. On the side was stenciled a skull and crossbones. The area surrounding this oil drum had been roped off with yellow police tape. Your guess is as good as mine, but I have my suspicions. Now Germany is phasing out nuclear power plants (by 2022, they say). No more Dirty Energy for them. (Tesla, anyone?) If CUBA could get the lights on in Haiti after the earthquake, one would think that the U$ could find a solution to its Dirty Energy Problem. Maybe Pink Floyd had the right idea: load that crap up "and set the controls for the heart of the sun." For those of you keeping track at home: Japan was Strike Three.
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This film seeks truth on the atomic tests in Nevada. It's NOT Hollywood and has more consequences than "Erin Brokovich." It is a MUST SEE!
msb-812 January 2007
This documentary is chilling and an eye-opener, and I believe it should be viewed by every American citizen. Directed and produced by Saul Landau, it is an in-depth interview with journalist, documentary filmmaker and social activist, Paul Jacobs, who covers the infamous misuse of atomic testing in the Nevada desert by the U.S. government and the Atomic Energy Commission upon discovering their web of deceit. It is NOT a "government" nor "military" endorsed public relations film. Among a large and balanced variety, you will see interviews of the military men who were used as guinea pigs, stationed closest to detonation and not told or lied to about the inherent harm. Also interviewed are military brass and AEC honchos who intentionally misled the public. This documentary is such a disclosure for justice, that it is a miracle it exists today. Because atomic radiation and dust travels with the winds, gets in the soil and water, and doesn't go away, it is my belief and reasoning that people downwind across this nation suffer now and will continue to suffer from these plutonium tests. I purchased this film because I had the rare privilege of talking to one of the atomic vets interviewed, who was courageous to endure and to shed light on what he had to experience. I am passionate about sharing this knowledge with everyone I can. EITHER OUR EYES WILL BE OPENED or tragically, we are already dead.
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