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Global Health Alert
Pearson CollegeFebruary 7, 2006
Presented byDr. Jay AikenHamish Millar Dan Ming
International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War
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Why a Global Health Alert Now?
Threat
Opportunity
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Threat
Mininukes and nuclear bunker buster bombs proposed for use against underground bunkers,
supposed to be “safe for civilians”.
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Radioactive fallout from a 1.2 Mt bomb on
Isfahan, Iran
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Why are nuclear weapons bad for your
health?• August 6, 1945
The US detonated a 15 kiloton bomb over Hiroshima, Japan.
• Deaths - 118,661.• Injuries - 78,000.
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August 9, 1945
• US detonated a 21 kiloton bomb over Nagasaki, Japan.
• Deaths - 73,884.• Injuries - 74,909.• 6.7 million square
metres leveled.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Ground temperatures reached about 7,000 degrees C.
• “Black rain” containing radioactive fallout poured down for hours after the explosions.
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Victims
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Indirect Effects of Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear weapons today• 30,000 nuclear warheads with the
equivalent explosive force of:– Over 200,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs.– 11 billion tons of TNT, 2 tons for every
human on the planet.
• 4,000 on hair-trigger alert, ready to be launched on a few minutes notice.
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Nuclear Weapons States
USA ~10,600
Russia ~18,000
China ~400
France 348
Great Britain
200
Total 29,548
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Other nuclear weapons states
Indiadeclared
~ 30-35
Pakistandeclared
~24-48
Israelundeclared
~100-200
North KoreaDeclared but not confirmed
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In case of a nuclear war - don’t call your doctor.
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Now the Good News!
Opportunity
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Human Security Report, 2005:
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Progress in the past 30 years:
• 60 dictators have been toppled• Armed conflicts are down 40%
since 1992• Wars (more than 1000 battle
deaths) down 80% since 1992• International crises down more
than 70% (1981-2001)
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Why are we turning away from war?
• The United Nations
• International Law
• Civil Society
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Civil society took nuclear weapons to
court
Activists deposited boxes of millions of declarations of conscience at the International Court of Justice. The Court gave its opinion in 1996.
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Public Opinion
• Large majorities of citizens polled in nuclear weapons states as well as other countries want the abolition of nuclear weapons
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December 1996 fifty generals signed a
petition stating that:• Nuclear weapons can never be
used to build security• Nuclear weapons are, from the
military point of view, useless.• Nuclear weapons are a threat
to human survival and must be abolished
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We are winning!
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What we can do now
• Inform ourselves and others• Speak out against nuclear
weapons – To governments– To media– To the public - especially young
people– Join the Global Health Alerts Project
andbecome a presenter!
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Think creatively• In 1987 four Montreal students took a year out of high
school to travel across Canada and speak to schools about the nuclear threat. The film Mile Zero documents their journey. They spoke to over 125,000 students in one year.
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Think Creatively• 1986 a grade 11 student taking flying lessons
took an aerial photo of her classmates. The Victoria Times Colonist featured the photo just before the annual Peace Walk.
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Target Project
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Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project, Beijing
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My dear friends and fellow peacekeepers.Don’t despair. Don’t be discouraged. And above all, don’t give up.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at the Hague Appeal for Peace, 1999.
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