Logan Steffens

Lts6@geneseo.edu                                                                                      160 words

INTD: 105-19

October 24, 2016

In “The Clan of the One Breasted Women” by Terry Tempest Williams she speaks about the dangers of nuclear testing and how it affected the people of nearby areas especially those in Utah. When she speaks about her family history she speaks about how nine women in her family had been affected by breast cancer from the nuclear testing and most had died from it. Williams expresses her discontent with the United States and how they would not compensate the families affected because the United States defended all war efforts such as bomb testing.

Williams piece really makes you think about how a country can do this to its own people. At first the government probably didn’t know better but even when they found out how the nuclear tests can cause cancer, it didn’t stop them. Also isn’t this the same type of thing that is going on right now with all the pollutants going into the air from major companies?