Sands of Hiroshima

Origin
During World War 2 the American forces were having difficulty fighting the Nazi regime and the Japanese. In order to avoid fighting a two battlefronts at the same time the United States decided to use their new weapon. An atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was dropped onto the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later another bomb named Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki. On both sites the impact was devastating. Those that were not instantly vaporized suffered severe radiation poisoning and burns. Six days after the bombing of Nagasaki the Japanese surrendered to the Allied forces. The death toll from these is estimated at over 129,000 people.

Effects
Whatever is sprinkled with the sand becomes radioactive. The radioactivity becomes stronger with time until the object has been neutralized.

Collection
Collected from the Japanese Peace Museum shortly after it opened.