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We Are the Guinea Pigs
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We Are the Guinea Pigs

1980-04-01 · 90 min · ★ 6.0

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Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in 1979. Scientists and physicians also expound on the lethal dangers of nuclear power and the risks in containment processes.

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Directors
Joan Harvey
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Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Joan HarveyJoan HarveySelf - Interviewer (voice)
Michio KakuMichio KakuSelf - Professor of Physics, City University of New York
Clair Hoover Sr.Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
Walter HooperSelf - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
Sheryl HooperSelf - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gene AdamsSelf - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America
Tom JenkinsSelf - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions
Suzanne MagdaSelf - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.
Louise HardisonSelf - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
Susan CassidySelf - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
Kevin CassidySelf - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
Cathie MusserSelf - Mother, Elizabethtown, Pa.
Donna PercarpioSelf - Mother of Five, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Richard VollmerSelf - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Robert WeberSelf - Veterinarian, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Joe ConleySelf - Dairy Farmer, Etters, Pa.
Tim ReigelSelf - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gene McAlooseSelf - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.
Thomas GeruskySelf - Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Resources
Judith JohnsrudSelf - Co-Director, Pa. Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power

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