Stop The Test !


In the year of World War II, Las Vegas, Nevada, was a place where the government tested their nuclear bomb. The government and the army forces did this nuclear test. The reason they did this was to check if their new creation, the nuclear bomb was working or not. A nuclear bomb is a powerful weapon and a dangerous weapon that could hurt the people and the earth. Nuclear weapon is mostly used when there is World War happening. According to the Salt Lake Tribune editions, “ President Bush says the military needs to get the site primed for testing should the need arise” (2004 par. 7). This is the reason the government is still doing this nuclear test. President Bush made a promise that he had plans to resume the test (Salt Lake Tribune edition, 2004).

Las Vegas is facing a problem with the nuclear test that has been run by the government. This activity caused a lot of effects to the people who live near Nevada. These people who got infected by the radiation could get disease from it. The nuclear test is a bad negative activity that the government does. People in Nevada have to stop this nuclear test immediately for their own sake of their health.

The nuclear radiation is exposing the air environment. According to Solomon, “Nuclear test was a health hazard” (2001, p.1). This quotation is true; the nuclear test is really a health hazard to the people who are exposed with the radiation. For example, Bill Edsley who grew up in Cedar City, a place where almost a hundreds of nuclear blast were released every year and because of this, was exposed to the radiation got two diseases skin cancers and melanomas (Gubler, 2004). The National Cancer Institute says that the nuclear test in the year between 1950s and 1960s had showed Iodine 131 all over 48 states in the United States and it caused a lot of people to receive a radiation dosage about three to seven times normal, including children.

There are plenty of reasons why nuclear tests must be stopped. According to Evenson, “We do not need tests to develop new nuclear weapons” (2004, par. 6). Evenson is right that we do not need any nuclear weapon in this world anymore. Nuclear weapons only make the world worse if it is still available in the black market. People had enough already with this war that is going on in the world. The public view wants the earth to have peace with every person in the world not going to war with each other.

In conclusion, this nuclear test does not bring a good positive side to the people in Nevada; instead it gives a lot of harmful health hazards to them. The government has to stop this action because it causes a lot of people's lives to be in danger. The best way is to stop this nuclear before it is too late.


Reference:

Eveson, B, (2004, March 309). Salt Lake Tribune.
Davidson, L. (2004, March 24). Desert Morning.
Zaitchik, A. (2004 February 17).
Gubler, H. (2004, March 24). The Spectrum
Batt, T. (2002, April 7). Las Vegas Review Journal.
Soloman, N. (2001, January 27). Pravda.