A History of the Marshall Islands
The fabulously elaborate history of The Republic Of The Marshall Islands.
Bikini And Enewetak/Current Event
The specific islands Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Isles to the north of the series of islands were property of the US during the Nuclear Age (after the war came to an end 1945-1958 were main years of thermonuclear and nuclear testing and experiments) for nuclear and thermonuclear testing. The US tested bombs here in and around these islands and in the lagoon. Prior to this testing the government undertook the Nuclear Evacuation. Tribes and civilians from the north end of the series of islands were evacuated. During this time, the group of islands were not an independent country but were owned by the US.
The evacuees were brought to parts of Indonesia to settle there for the duration of the Nuclear Age. These people were evacuated because of radiation sickness and bomb blast risks. Some would never leave and died either of radiation or blast effects. The islands were property of the USA until October 21st 1986 when the islands became an independent country. Shortly after Independence the evacuees from Indonesia were relocated to The Marshall Islands. This was not enough to increase the birth rate to normal because of the after effects of radiation. Since 1995, birth rates have declined. The other half of the population that did not leave the islands filed a lawsuit of 100 million dollars arguing that the US government did not take necessary precautions to clean and inspect the soil for radiation. The lawsuit also touched on how hundreds of people got radiation sickness from the radioactive bomb remnants. The group won the lawsuit.
The group vowed to spend the money only on scraping the first 16 inches of soil of all of the 10 north islands. It turned out later that 100 million was not enough to conduct the project and 6 islands were left contaminated. This group is still fighting against the USA for money to fund the great undertaking of scraping the remaining 6 islands. This event has decreased birth rate and is why the population has gone off to a slow start on expanding. Woman are encouraged to have babies to increase the birth rate. These campaigns are currently working with a steady birth rate of 33/1000 and a mortality rate of 7/1000 because of good health care. The fertility rate for the average Marshallese woman is 7.2 and many of these parents daughters/sons are getting better education opportunities than their parents had and 87 percent of people 18-35 have a high school education. These people will lead the way for the Marshall Islands with better education.
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