The fallout of the bombs has caused respiratory and cancerous conditions in these women. The radiation is very devastating, as it affects man and beast alike. The Tempest women are not the only ones affected by the military activities. Soldiers come home from war shell-shocked, out of their minds, and many beome diseased from the illnesses in foreign countries. The pollution from the nuclear testing brings death to the fowl and other living creatures in the Great Salt Lake area.
Pollution is an unwanted material that plagues a large part of the world.