The ‘Dome’ on Runit island in the Marshall Islands - a sovereign nation in compact of free association with the US - is a massive concrete tomb where the US has stored more than 70,000m 3 of radioactive debris, including plutonium-239, left over from US post-war atomic tests. Poisoning the Pacific details ongoing environmental damages and risk to human health. Investigative journalism is ultimately a job that ought to help people suffering from mistreatment to receive the justice they deserve.” “My reporting has helped these sick men and women to receive compensation from the US government. What particularly motivated me to keep filing FOIAs and digging for evidence was the very real impact my research was having for veterans exposed to Agent Orange on Okinawa,” he said. “Colleagues warned me against continuing my investigations. The document included his photograph, biography, and an account of a lecture he had given in Okinawa about military contamination. One FOIA file showed Mitchell was monitored by the US marine corps criminal investigation division. Mitchell’s book documents several attempts by the US departments of state and defense to block his work. “I have experienced this pressure firsthand.” “US authorities have repeatedly tried to cover up contamination through lies, disinformation and attacks on reporters,” Mitchell told The Guardian. Photograph: Erik de Castro/ReutersĪlongside Foster’s case - after years of campaigning the airman was ultimately compensated for his exposure on the island - Mitchell’s book details US military operations over decades contaminating the Pacific with toxic substances including radioactive waste, nerve agents, and dioxin-tainted Agent Orange. US military planes parked on the tarmac of Andersen Air Force base on the island of Guam, a US Pacific Territory.
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