💨 Abstract

Kikuyo Nakamura, 101, lost her son Hiroshi to advanced leukemia in 2006. Hiroshi, born three years after the Nagasaki bombing, was told his mother passed on cancer through breastfeeding. Experts doubt this claim, but Nakamura feels immense guilt. As the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki approaches, survivors share stories of radiation's lifelong impact and stigma, especially for women who faced infertility and discrimination.

Courtesy: WTOP Staff