Nuclear War: Past Incidents

August 6, August 9 1945: 140,000 Japanese instantly die from the atom bombs dropped by the United States in World War II. Nearly 180,000 more die from the effects of radiation and genetic defects following these dates.

Sources Consulted

Sources

"Hiroshima: Radiation Effects" Hiroshima International School: Cyber Fair Project. 1998. 3 March 2006. <http://www.hiroshima-is.ac.jp/Hiroshima/radiation.htm>.
"Disasters" United States Department of Health and Human Services. 2006. 3 March 2006. <http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/index.shtml>

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