We Are the Guinea Pigs
Documentary
Release Date
April 1, 1980
Duration
90 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
Farmers 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.
Casts
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Joan Harvey
Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York
Michio Kaku
Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
Clair Hoover Sr.
Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
Walter Hooper
Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.
Sheryl Hooper
Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America
Gene Adams
Self - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions
Tom Jenkins
Self - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.
Suzanne Magda
Self - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.
Louise Hardison
Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
Susan Cassidy
Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.
Kevin Cassidy
Self - Mother, Elizabethtown, Pa.
Cathie Musser
Self - Mother of Five, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Donna Percarpio
Self - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Richard Vollmer
Self - Veterinarian, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Robert Weber
Self - Dairy Farmer, Etters, Pa.
Joe Conley
Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.
Tim Reigel
Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.
Gene McAloose
Self - Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Resources
Thomas Gerusky
Self - Co-Director, Pa. Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power
Judith Johnsrud
Self - Pediatrician & Author, Boston Children's Hospital
Helen Caldicott
Self - Chairman, Committee on Nuclear Responsibility
John Gofman
Self - Prof. of Radiology & Physics, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Ernest Sternglass
Self - Pediatrician, Harrisburg, Pa.
Guillermo García
Self - Middletown, Pa.
Stephanie Swartz
Self - Middletown, Pa.
Solomon Swartz
Self - Middletown, Pa.
Brian Swartz
Self - Veterinarian, Hummelstown, Pa.
Larry Samples
Self - Author & Prof. of Physics, Fordham University, NYC
Daniel Pisello
Self - Research Prof. in Material Sciences, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Earl Gulbransen
Self - Central Pa. Building & Construction Trades Council
Tom Daugherty
Self - Local 158, Heavy & Highway Construction Workers Union
Joseph DeGeronimo
Self - President, Intl. Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
William W. Winpisinger
Self - V.P., Intl. Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
George Poulin
Self - Director, Civil Defense, Dauphin County, Pa.
Kevin Malloy
Self - Pennsylvania State Senator, Harrisburg, Pa.
George Gekas
Self - Secretary, Pennsylvania State Grange, Harrisburg, Pa.
Karl Diebert
Self - Steelworker, Harrisburg, Pa.
Liz Hrenda
Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.
Cheryl Miller
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