At the same time, the United States experimented with biological weapons on Okinawa and stockpiled the island with nuclear and chemical munitions, causing numerous accidents. Hundreds of thousands of service members, their families, and residents have been exposed-but the United States has hidden the damage and refused to help victims.Īfter World War II, the United States granted immunity to Japanese military scientists in exchange for their data on biological weapons tests conducted in China in the following years, nuclear detonations in the Pacific obliterated entire islands and exposed Americans, Marshallese, Chamorros, and Japanese fishing crews to radioactive fallout. For decades, US military operations have been contaminating the Pacific region with toxic substances, including plutonium, dioxin, and VX nerve agent.
