Which is still the belief in some parts of the world as well as some people.
Silent Spring was published in 1962. It brought environmental problems to mainstream Americans. As a result of new awareness the EPA was created.
What seems "obvious" now might not have always been obvious.
Lets not forget there have been over 2,000 (known) nuclear weapons test in the world. 1032 done by the US alone, most in Nevada. It is well known that these tests released massive amounts of radiation that affects human health. Clouds carried the radiation across the United States into the Mid-West and Northeast and deposited it with rain.[1][2][3][4]
Silent Spring was published in 1962. It brought environmental problems to mainstream Americans. As a result of new awareness the EPA was created.
What seems "obvious" now might not have always been obvious.
Lets not forget there have been over 2,000 (known) nuclear weapons test in the world. 1032 done by the US alone, most in Nevada. It is well known that these tests released massive amounts of radiation that affects human health. Clouds carried the radiation across the United States into the Mid-West and Northeast and deposited it with rain.[1][2][3][4]
[1] http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=390963
[2] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/220/4592/18.abstract?sid=e...
[3] http://www.ieer.org/latest/iodnart.html
[4] http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/fallout-from-nuc...