More than 100 groups call on US to formally apologise to Marshall Islands for the impact of massive nuclear testing there in 1940s and '50s and to provide fair compensation
Marshall Islanders are still plagued by health and environmental effects of dozens of American nuclear bomb tests from 1946 to 1958, which included"Castle Bravo" in 1954 — the largest US bomb ever detonated.
The activists, led by the Arms Control Association and including Greenpeace, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Marshallese Education Initiative, made the call in a December 5 letter to President Joe Biden. Marshall Islanders are still plagued by the health and environmental effects of the 67 US nuclear bomb tests there from 1946 to 1958, which included "Castle Bravo" at Bikini Atoll in 1954 — the largest US bomb ever detonated.
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