Pros And Cons Of Banning Nuclear Bombs

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Banning Nuclear Bombs Nuclear bombs are very dangerous, powerful weapons. They are also known as weapon of mass destruction. Why did scientist come up with this type of weapon in the first place? It all started back in the 1930’s when scientist were trying to figure out what type of chemicals can make a powerful weapon that can be used during war. The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada worked together during World War Two to make these bombs because they were suspicious about Nazi Germany making nuclear weapons. The project these three countries developed was called “The Manhattan Project”. Once these countries were talking about making more nuclear bombs than each other and seeing who can make the most then they started the Cold War. Another name for the Cold War was “The Arms Race”. What
As we have already seen that there are a lot of negative effects that nuclear weapons can have. According to Frank Pat, “Nuclear war heads can cause radiation and destroy plant life, animal life, and even death to humans” (Pat 1). To elaborate on this, when the nuclear bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the chemicals were in the air which is the radiation after the impact from the bomb. Thus it killed plant life, animals and it even killed humans due to all the toxicity in the air. The toxic particles in the air from the nuclear bombs covers the skies and it produces harmful chemicals. That said over 246,000 people in total from both cities died from either the explosion or the toxins in the air. If one ever went off by accident this can cause major damage on the area and cause a global problem. If it kills the plant life we will not have fresh vegetables, fruits and good nutritional food to keep us healthy and stable. Same goes with the animals. The people won’t be able to use them for resources like clothes, food, and even some of the technologies that we use

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