> polluting non-local effects I agree that these exist. I do not believe that they are as significant as the general public believes. After all, there have b

> polluting non-local effects I agree that these exist. I do not believe that they are as significant as the general public believes. After all, there have been more than 500 nuclear weapons detonated world-wide in the open atmosphere. [0] If these non-local effects are very large, why would we take Russia's threats of using nuclear weapons against a neighbor as credible? [0]: https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nucleartesttally https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nucleartesttally