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[narrator] On October 1st, 1997

On October 1st, 1997, then-senator Tom Harkin,from Iowa, addresseda congressional hearing...

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[narrator] On October 1st, 1997, then-senator Tom Harkin,
from Iowa, addressed
a congressional hearing on radioactive fallout and asked, quote,
"Why did the government, when they had
all the information about hot spots and fallout, why did they not warn
the people of this country about the dangers inherent
in radioactive fallout?" Unquote

Full Transcript

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[narrator] On October 1st, 1997,

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then-senator Tom Harkin, from Iowa,

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addressed a congressional hearing

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on radioactive fallout

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and asked, quote, "Why did the government,

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when they had all the information

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about hot spots and fallout,

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why did they not warn the people of this country

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about the dangers inherent in radioactive fallout?"

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Unquote.

Duration

25 seconds

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25

Timestamp in Movie

00:33:34

Uploaded

Apr 15, 2025

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Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living do...