We Are the Guinea Pigs

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.

Details

Cast

Joan Harvey

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Michio Kaku

Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York

Clair Hoover Sr.

Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.

Walter Hooper

Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.

Sheryl Hooper

Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.

Gene Adams

Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America

Tom Jenkins

Self - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions

Suzanne Magda

Self - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.

Louise Hardison

Self - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.

Susan Cassidy

Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.

Kevin Cassidy

Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.

Cathie Musser

Self - Mother, Elizabethtown, Pa.

Donna Percarpio

Self - Mother of Five, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Richard Vollmer

Self - Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Robert Weber

Self - Veterinarian, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Joe Conley

Self - Dairy Farmer, Etters, Pa.

Tim Reigel

Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.

Gene McAloose

Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.

Thomas Gerusky

Self - Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Resources

Judith Johnsrud

Self - Co-Director, Pa. Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power