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It's been 71 years since the first atomic bomb had been tested in New Mexico. Since then, there have been over five thousand nuclear tests, much of which were atmospheric and in space, and were held by the following countries: the US, the USSR, the UK, France, Germany, China, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, Israel, South Africa, Japan, South and North Korea, India, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, North and South Vietnam, and Burma.

Just recently there were two nuclear tests in Antarctica.

While incidences of cancer have increased and it's impossible to find a spot on the Earth that doesn't have an above background level of radioactivity (i.e. from the sun- iodine supplements are highly recommended now), a nuclear test moratorium hasn't been considered as countries consider national security to be paramount.

What would the world be like if a nuclear test ban treaty had been implemented?
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