We Are the Guinea Pigs (1980)

Three Mile Island and the Catastrophe of Nuclear Power

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.

Cast (39)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Joan Harvey

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Michio Kaku

Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York

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Clair Hoover Sr.

Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.

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Walter Hooper

Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.

S

Sheryl Hooper

Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.

G

Gene Adams

Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America

T

Tom Jenkins

Self - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions

S

Suzanne Magda

Self - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.

L

Louise Hardison

Self - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.

S

Susan Cassidy

Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.

K

Kevin Cassidy

Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.

C

Cathie Musser

Self - Mother, Elizabethtown, Pa.

D

Donna Percarpio

Self - Mother of Five, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

R

Richard Vollmer

Self - Nuclear Regulatory Commission

R

Robert Weber

Self - Veterinarian, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

J

Joe Conley

Self - Dairy Farmer, Etters, Pa.

T

Tim Reigel

Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.

G

Gene McAloose

Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.

T

Thomas Gerusky

Self - Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Resources

J

Judith Johnsrud

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

H

Helen Caldicott

Self - Pediatrician & Author, Boston Children's Hospital

J

John Gofman

Self - Chairman, Committee on Nuclear Responsibility

E

Ernest Sternglass

Self - Prof. of Radiology & Physics, Univ. of Pittsburgh

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Guillermo Garcia

Self - Pediatrician, Harrisburg, Pa.

S

Stephanie Swartz

Self - Middletown, Pa.

S

Solomon Swartz

Self - Middletown, Pa.

B

Brian Swartz

Self - Middletown, Pa.

L

Larry Samples

Self - Veterinarian, Hummelstown, Pa.

D

Daniel Pisello

Self - Author & Prof. of Physics, Fordham University, NYC

E

Earl Gulbransen

Self - Research Prof. in Material Sciences, Univ. of Pittsburgh

T

Tom Daugherty

Self - Central Pa. Building & Construction Trades Council

J

Joseph DeGeronimo

Self - Local 158, Heavy & Highway Construction Workers Union

W

William W. Winpisinger

Self - President, Intl. Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

G

George Poulin

Self - V.P., Intl. Assoc. of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

K

Kevin Malloy

Self - Director, Civil Defense, Dauphin County, Pa.

G

George Gekas

Self - Pennsylvania State Senator, Harrisburg, Pa.

K

Karl Diebert

Self - Secretary, Pennsylvania State Grange, Harrisburg, Pa.

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Liz Hrenda

Self - Steelworker, Harrisburg, Pa.

C

Cheryl Miller

Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.

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