What Experts Are Saying
Executive director of the Radiation and Public Health Project + Author of Radioactive Baby Teeth
“Silent Fallout: Baby Teeth Talk” is the first film to feature a historical study of the fallout from atomic bomb tests that accumulated in baby teeth during the Cold War. The results of the teeth study were communicated to President John F. Kennedy and the United States Senate and helped speed the passage of the Terrestrial Test Ban Treaty. The treaty saved many lives.
The film depicts the ability of scientists and citizens to work together to strengthen public policy. The film is important not only for history, but also for recognizing the current and future health threats of nuclear testing. Due to strained relations between the United States, Russia and China, countries are now preparing test facilities to resume testing. This will be the first test in decades.
— Joseph Mangano
Renowned Salt Lake CIty Writer/Downwinder
“Silent Fallout provides a profoundly moving account of a neglected chapter of American history that must never be forgotten. Director Hideaki Ito masterfully sheds light on the devastating and ongoing impacts of America’s nuclear weapons tests, a story too few Americans know. The film will stand as an important and essential contribution to public understanding of how far fallout from testing spread across the continent and he unexpected places where radiation is still found today.
As someone who lived with the consequences, I am forever grateful to him for his powerful and eye-opening film. After seeing it for the first time I was sobbing. I’ve waited so long for someone to make this film. It’s not just a call to action but an invitation to a necessary conversation about our nuclear past, present and future.