What's your point of view in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb?

[theprof00]

mai said:

theprof00 said:

1) Yes, the first suspicion of radiation from the bombings were weeks after the bombs dropped.

The initial symptoms of radiation was thought to be shock. It wasn't until epilation (hair falling out) that they realized.

 

2) second question, well honestly cold war beginnings started a few years earlier, but many people credit the abombs and denial of any japanese territory as the first major stepping stone to the cold war. Russia was working on its own atmoic warheads. You can see how the arms race started here, and dramatically increased in tension from this point on.

1) Are you seriously suggesting that people who actually build these bombs were unaware of possible effects, such as radiation? Assuming this is either complete blindness or, simply put, stupid. Sorry, I have nothing more to say.

2) That's wasn't my issue with your statement.

They had no idea of the long-term effects of the radiation poisoning no. They were aware of short-term effects, and when America helped rebuild much later on many of their own people suffered it. So yes.

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Nevertheless, dangers of radiation were not fully appreciated by scientists until later. In 1945 and 1946, two U.S. scientists died from acute radiation exposure in separate criticality accidents. In both cases, victims were working with large quantities of fissile materials without any shielding or protection.

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulted in a large number of incidents of radiation poisoning, allowing for greater insight into its symptoms and dangers. Actress Midori Naka, who was present during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, was the first incident of radiation poisoning to be extensively studied. Her death on August 1945 was the first death ever to be officially certified as a result of radiation poisoning (or "Atomic bomb disease")."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_poisoning