Losing Their Voices
The Los Angeles Times spent 15 months researching a series on the results of the US nuclear age in the Marshall Islands and the effects of climate change on the nation. On November 10, 2019, the LA team launched its special series (www.latimes.com). They begin by stating: “With climate change and rising seas, the US is about to face a reckoning for the toxic nuclear legacy we buried — and forgot — in the Marshall Islands.” Follows is the video of one of the seven compelling stories in the series:
Marshall Islands folk artists suffer from cancers: US nukes bear much of the blame
November 10, 2019: For the indigenous community of the Marshall Islands, a US legacy of nuclear testing may erase a centuries-old tradition.
Other stories in the series include:
He saw a Marshall Islands nuclear bomb test up close. It’s haunted him since 1952;
High radiation levels found in giant clams near U.S. nuclear dump in Marshall Islands;
Radiation in parts of the Marshall Islands is far higher than Chernobyl, study says;
Marshall Islands, low-lying U.S. ally and nuclear testing site, declares a climate crisis; and
15 months, 5 trips, a gut-wrenching sight: How we reported the Marshall Islands story.
