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FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES

iGLOW.world’s mission is to apply the human physiology of ionizing radiation exposure, to help bridge the gaps amongst our radiation exposed communities worldwide.

ATOMIC VETERANS WORLDWIDE

Working with veterans organiations worldwide to improve the lives and support the health outcomes of the service men and women and their families to address the specific challenges due to the levels of secrecy required, government and regulatory agencies, and records restrictions involved with service personnel. Bridging the global gap to provide easier access to relevant information about the transgenerational genetic damage from decades atomic and thermonuclear testing, including the exposed civilians and contractors.

AUSTRAILIA

Emu Field The atomic tests at Emu Field in 1953 were known as Operation Totem. The test site of Emu Field was abandoned just hours after the second and final test, Totem 2.
Maralinga A testing site at Maralinga was established in 1955, close to a siding along the Trans-Australian Railway. Because supplies could be brought to the site via rail, it was preferred over Emu Field. A total of seven major tests were conducted at Maralinga. Both the Federal government and Australian newspapers at the time were very supportive of the tests. In 1952, the Liberal Government passed legislation, the Defense (Special Undertakings) Act 1952, which allowed the British Government access to remote parts of Australia to undertake atmospheric nuclear weapons tests. The general public were largely unaware of the risks from the testing program, stemming from official secrecy about the testing program and the remote locations of the test sites.
Before the tests could begin the Maralinga Tjarutja, the traditional Aboriginal owners of the land, were forcibly removed. An air base at Woomera, 570 km away, which had been used for rocket testing, was initially used as a base from which planes were flown for testing of the bomb clouds.
Monte Bello Islands Two separate atomic test projects occurred at the islands, the first being Operation Hurricane and the second being Operation Mosaic. Following the second Mosaic explosion, the radioactive cloud that was supposed to be taken away from the site, was sent back by wind that was not anticipated by the British scientists.

KIRIBATI

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PACIFIC ISLANDERS

COFA ALLIANCE NATIONAL NETWORK (CANN) is dedicated to advocating for social and economic justice for COFA islanders.

Republic of Palau

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

UNITED STATES: DOWNWINDERS

Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium Endeavors to compile data on the cancers and other diseases that plague the communities surrounding the first above-ground atomic bomb test, Trinity Test on July 16, 1945, seeking justice for the unknowing, unwilling and uncompensated, innocent victims of the July 16, 1945, Trinity test in South-Central New Mexico. Downwinders in other states such as New Mexico, Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Guam and the remaining parts of Nevada, Arizona and Utah have been impacted. Founded in 2005 by Tina Cordova and the late Fred Tyler along with other residents of Tularosa. Since then, New Mexicans have been plagued with illnesses and cancers due to their over-exposure to radiation. The communities that have been impacted the most are rural, and many people can’t afford to pay for the treatments, medications, surgeries, co-pays, hotel stays, gas, and other costs that are involved in treating illness and cancer. Founded in 2005 by Tina Cordova and the late Fred Tyler along with other residents of Tularosa.

UNITED STATES: ENEWETAK ATOLL CLEANUP VETERANS

From 1948 > 1958, the U.S. conducted 43 nuclear tests on the Enewetak Proving Ground at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The government began planning the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the early 1970s, after deciding to return the atoll to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

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From 1977 > 1980 Enewetak Atoll cleanup veterans are military personnel and contractors who helped clean up the fallout from nuclear tests at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. They were exposed to high levels of radiation and many developed serious health problems. Approximately 6,000 Veterans participated in the cleanup project. The Veterans participating in cleanup mostly did NOT wear protective clothing and radiation dose measuring devices mostly failed due to extended tropical environmental impacts to their funcality.

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