We Are the Guinea Pigs
1980Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in 1979. Scientists and physicians also expound on the lethal dangers of nuclear power and the risks in containment processes.
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Joan Harvey
as Self - Interviewer (voice)
Michio Kaku
as Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York
Clair Hoover Sr.
as Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
Walter Hooper
as Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
Sheryl Hooper
as Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gene Adams
as Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America
Tom Jenkins
as Self - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions
Suzanne Magda
as Self - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.
Louise Hardison
as Self - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
Susan Cassidy
as Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
Kevin Cassidy
as Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
Cathie Musser
as Self - Mother, Elizabethtown, Pa.
Donna Percarpio
as Self - Mother of Five, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Richard Vollmer
as Self - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Robert Weber
as Self - Veterinarian, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Joe Conley
as Self - Dairy Farmer, Etters, Pa.
Tim Reigel
as Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gene McAloose
as Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.
Thomas Gerusky
as Self - Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Resources
Judith Johnsrud
as Self - Co-Director, Pa. Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power
Helen Caldicott
as Self - Pediatrician & Author, Boston Children's Hospital
John Gofman
as Self - Chairman, Committee on Nuclear Responsibility
Ernest Sternglass
as Self - Prof. of Radiology & Physics, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Guillermo Garcia
as Self - Pediatrician, Harrisburg, Pa.
Stephanie Swartz
as Self - Middletown, Pa.
Solomon Swartz
as Self - Middletown, Pa.
Brian Swartz
as Self - Middletown, Pa.
Larry Samples
as Self - Veterinarian, Hummelstown, Pa.
Daniel Pisello
as Self - Author & Prof. of Physics, Fordham University, NYC
Earl Gulbransen
as Self - Research Prof. in Material Sciences, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Tom Daugherty
as Self - Central Pa. Building & Construction Trades Council
Joseph DeGeronimo
as Self - Local 158, Heavy & Highway Construction Workers Union
William W. Winpisinger
as Self - President, Intl. Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
George Poulin
as Self - V.P., Intl. Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
Kevin Malloy
as Self - Director, Civil Defense, Dauphin County, Pa.
George Gekas
as Self - Pennsylvania State Senator, Harrisburg, Pa.
Karl Diebert
as Self - Secretary, Pennsylvania State Grange, Harrisburg, Pa.
Liz Hrenda
as Self - Steelworker, Harrisburg, Pa.
Cheryl Miller
as Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.