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Assignment:
1. In the early part of the 20th century, tuberculosis was a leading killer in American cities. What caused the TB rate to drop 76% between 1900-1940, even before drugs to combat the disease had been invented?
2. What factors contribute to outbreaks in poor communities today?
3. What is the drug regimen for treating the disease?
4. What can happen if an individual doesn't complete his or her drug course?
5. Between 1946 and 1958, 67 nuclear devices were detonated on and around the northernmost Marshall Islands. How did the radiation from these test blasts affect residents of nearby islands?
6. How does it continue to affect their health today?
7. What social conditions contribute to high rates of both communicable and chronic illnesses in the Marshall Islands?
8. What is your opinion about US responsibility for providing adequate health care, food and shelter for the inhabitants of the Marshall Islands (make sure you give your response some context by answering one or more of the previous questions in this discussion prompt)?
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Watch "Unnatural Causes - Collateral Damage".