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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

bombings
The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and
maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects
are still being felt today.

The uranium bomb detonated over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 had

an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tonnes of TNT. It razed and burnt
THE FACTS
around 70 per cent of all buildings and caused an estimated
140,000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of
cancer and chronic disease among the survivors. A slightly larger Which countries
have nuclear
plutonium bomb exploded over Nagasaki three days later levelled weapons and how
6.7 km2 of the city and killed 74,000 people by the end of 1945. many?
Ground temperatures reached 4,000C and radioactive rain poured
down. What are their effects
on health and the
environment?

Who supports a
global ban on nuclear
Medical response weapons?

In Hiroshima 90 per cent of physicians and nurses were killed or What are the most
injured; 42 of 45 hospitals were rendered non-functional; and 70 per significant events of
the nuclear age?
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cent of victims had combined injuries including, in most cases,

severe burns. All the dedicated burn beds around the world would
be insufficient to care for the survivors of a single nuclear bomb on
any city. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki most victims died without any
care to ease their suffering. Some of those who entered the cities Governments say a
after the bombings to provide assistance also died from the nuclear weapons ban is
radiation. unlikely. Dont believe it.
They said the same
about a mine ban
treaty.

Jody Williams
Nobel laureate

Long-term effects

The incidence of leukaemia among survivors increased noticeably

five to six years after the bombings, and about a decade later
survivors began suffering from thyroid, breast, lung and other
cancers at higher than normal rates. For solid cancers, the added
risks related to radiation exposure continue to increase throughout
the lifespan of survivors even to this day, almost seven decades
after the bombings. Women exposed to the bombings while they
were pregnant experienced higher rates of miscarriage and deaths
among their infants. Children exposed to radiation in their mothers
womb were more likely to have intellectual disabilities and impaired
growth, as well as increased risk of developing cancer.

Shigeko Sasamoris story

hiroshima survivor

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