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Macron: Polynesians Owed “Debt” for French Nuclear Tests

HeadlineJul 29, 2021

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged France owes a “debt” to French Polynesia, where the French carried out nearly 200 nuclear tests between 1966 to 1996, but Macron stopped short of apologizing during a visit to the South Pacific territory. A recent investigation by the French investigative website Disclose estimated that 100,000 French Polynesian residents may have been exposed to radiation from the tests.

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