As we mark the 62nd anniversaries, on August 6th and 9th, of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it's time to realize that we’ve been pushing our luck. The first and only nuclear weapons to be used in war (so far) destroyed two cities, killing more than 200,000 people by the end of 1945. The radiation from these two nuclear bombs continues to cause cancers, mutations and birth defects that are still being documented today.

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