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The water was heavily irradiated, and contained radioactive fallout. It is also likely that these are secondary causes; the vats majority would have already been hit with lethal doses of radiation from the explosion itself.

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Q: Why after the detonation of the atom bomb in Hiroshima did people immediately die after drinking water?
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