Fifty years ago, France conducted a nuclear weapon test in the South Pacific near Teahupo'o, leading to high radiation levels in the area, including some of the most elevated readings on Tahiti island in 1974.
The mayor of Teahupo'o, Roniu Tupana Poareu, highlights the town's beauty and ideal surfing conditions, but the invisible aftermath of radiation contamination remains a haunting legacy, with her own sister dying of radiation-induced cancer.
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