As a young pediatrician in Australia, Helen Caldicott learned about the medical consequences of nuclear war. That changed her life. She eventually campaigned in the US for nuclear disarmament. Now, over 30 years later, concerned about the US plans to build more nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors, she has returned with a new book and new plans . Her book is called: The New Nuclear Danger. She hopes to establish an institute to support speakers with expertise in nuclear war, energy, radioactive waste, and nuclear disarmament.
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Side B: Farewell to America: Andreas Toupadakis
The Greek chemist made headlines for a few days in early 2000 when he resigned from the nuclear weapons program at Lawrence Livermore Lab and proudly joined the peace movement. This interview with Andreas Toupadakis was recorded two days before his return to a village near Rethymno on the island of Crete where he was born. He will live again the simple life of his parents, engage locally, and tend the trees that his grandmother planted for him when he was a boy. If we want to abolish the weapons of war, he says, we also need to deal with the causes of conflict that are embedded in our high-speed lives of excessive consumption.
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