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Tibi Puiu | ZME Science   The Pacific is still facing nuclear blight nearly 70 years since the last test. Many see the Runit Dome as a ticking time bomb. Runit Dome in 2019. Credit: LA Times. In the heart of the Pacific Ocean lies the Marshall Islands, a picturesqueRead More

Climate change could unearth buried US nuclear waste Anita Hofschneider | Mother Jones   This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ariana Tibon was in college at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2017 when she saw the photo online: a black-and-white picture of a manRead More

The film – My Fish is Your Fish – tells the story of nuclear weapons testing on the people and places of the Marshall Islands with interviews of survivors. It showcases the work of MISA in educating young people in particular about the nuclear legacy in their country and across the Pacific region, particularly through the interconnectedness of the oceans. It is moving and inspiring, and I hope you can share it with your supporters and promote the work of MISA.

The program Foreign Correspondent on Australia’s ABC TV has produced a new documentary entitled “The Dome.” The program examines the toxic legacy of the Runit Dome, an 18-inch-thick concrete dome constructed by the United States in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The dome contains highly-toxic waste from many of the United States’ 67 nuclear weapons tests conducted in the Marshall Islands from 1946-58.