Nuclear Weapons Testing History and Efforts To Prohibit Testing
Test Ban-Treaty
With how dangerous nuclear weapons testing is it is no surprise that we limit the testing of such weapons. A test ban treaty was created for this problem. This treaty prohibited testing above ground, underwater, and space. Three of the major countries signed this treaty including the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union and its successor Russia. A few years after more than 100 countries signed the treaty with the exceptions France, and China.
Protesting
With all the negatives of nuclear testing there were a lot of protests including the second largest ever the women’s march. The women’s march had over 2.4 million across the globe. About 60,000 people marched in Atlanta. In Chicago about a quarter of a million.In Los Angeles, the estimate is anywhere from 200,000-750,000. Almost 250,000 people in Boston, In New York the estimate is about 350,000 City officials estimate that 500,000 people participated in the main march in Washington, DC. These protests would be the largest protests for the time and tried to stop nuclear weapons testing.