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The Negative Effects Of Atomic Bomb Testing
Herbert Hoover once said “The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.” This is the opinion of not only Hoover, but for everyone else in the world as well. An atomic bomb is a dangerous weapon, no one can stop the power of an atomic bomb. The first place that America used the atomic bomb was Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb was too powerful and it killed thousands of people. The bombing in Hiroshima has been the final attack to Japan that stopped the World War II. After that, America was surprised by the power of the atomic bomb and wanted to test it somewhere else. So they found Bikini Atoll for the best bomb testing spot. The Americans asked the Bikinians to leave the Atoll for bomb testing. The United States bomb testing negatively affected Bikini Atoll by destroying their land, their ocean and their people. …show more content…
The bomb tests were called “Operation Crossroads”. After 20 years of the bomb test, The Bikinians were back home. But the atomic bomb negatively affected Bikini Atoll by destroying their land. When the Americans searched for radiation in the land of Bikini Atoll, as an example,they found some plants have had an increase in radiation. The plants received nutrition from the soil that was highly nuclear by the atomic

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