Hacker News Reader

Those dirty commies... American testing had absolutely no consequences for its own citizens or others.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Tooth_Survey

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll

Many of the workers at the Nevada Test Site got radiation sickness, cancers, and other health issues from exposure to the bombs and fallout. As did their families (contaminated clothing was worn home). Soldiers taking part in tests, downwinders in Utah and elsewhere, experienced high rates of cancer. Farmers lost livestock and crops. The AEC and DoD did everything they could to cover it up.

And at least one movie cast and crew:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conqueror_(1956_film)#Nucl...

The authors overt nationalistic tone is really at odds with reality. There are no "good guys" when it came to nuclear weapons testing. The UK nuclear weapons tests in Australia were also a disaster for locals and poisoned large areas.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com