The United States conducted 67 nuclear weapon tests from 1946 to 1958 on the pristine Marshall Islands. In 1977 the United States worked to clean up the radioactive waste left strewn across the Marshall Islands. However, it is unclear how much nuclear waste is seeping from the unlined crater bottom into the Pacific Ocean and groundwater aquifers. Despite recent awareness around the issue, the Marshallese government does not have the money or expertise to properly clean up and isolate the nuclear waste. Thus, the Marshallese are left helpless as their tropical islands continue to leak deadly radioactive waste across its coral reefs.

Source: Forbes May 27, 2019 14:03 UTC