

We Are the Guinea Pigs
"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)

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

Helen Caldicott
Self - Pediatrician & Author, Boston Children's Hospital

John Gofman
Self - Chairman, Committee on Nuclear Responsibility

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

Guillermo Garcia
Self - Pediatrician, Harrisburg, Pa.

Stephanie Swartz
Self - Middletown, Pa.

Solomon Swartz
Self - Middletown, Pa.

Brian Swartz
Self - Middletown, Pa.

Larry Samples
Self - Veterinarian, Hummelstown, Pa.

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

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

Tom Daugherty
Self - Central Pa. Building & Construction Trades Council

Joseph DeGeronimo
Self - Local 158, Heavy & Highway Construction Workers Union

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

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

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

George Gekas
Self - Pennsylvania State Senator, Harrisburg, Pa.

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

Liz Hrenda
Self - Steelworker, Harrisburg, Pa.

Cheryl Miller
Self - Student, Harrisburg, Pa.
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