Nuclear warfare — Medical aspects. – Pacifica Radio Archives

The impact of nuclear detonation in Los Angeles / Dr. Helen Caldicott.

Talk on the effects of a nuclear attack on Los Angeles, and the role of women in the disarmament movement.|THE IMPACT OF NUCLEAR DETONATION IN LOS ANGELES / Dr. Helen Caldicott. – A talk on the effects of a nuclear attack on Los Angeles and the role of women in the disarmament movement. – RECORDED:…

August 24, 2025

We almost lost L.A. / H. Jack Geiger.

A professor of medicine at City University of New York extrapolates from studies to predict the effects of an atomic bomb on humans, buildings, and support systems in Los Angeles.

August 24, 2025

International Conference of Physicians on the Prevention of Nuclear War / Elaina Veran.

On the conference held in Washington, D. C. in March, 1981.

August 24, 2025

Shigeko Sasamori addresses Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Shigeko Sasamori, a “Hiroshima Maiden” who survived the dropping of the atomic bomb during WWII, discusses her disfigurement, how Mr. Norman Cousins brought her and twenty five other young women to the U.S. in 1955 for plastic surgery, and on her current life as a nurse and an ambassador. Talk delivered at the Physicians for…

August 24, 2025

Physicians across the country respond to nuclear arms / produced by Dr. Robert Rufsvold and Raffaello Mazza.

Helen Caldicott, H. Jack Geiger, Robert Lifton, and others discuss policy strategy, the physical realities of a nuclear attack, and the psychological undercurrents in society and government.

August 24, 2025

The Medical consequences of nuclear war / H. Jack Geiger.

Presentation by the medical doctor and professor.

August 24, 2025

Nuclear madness / by Helen Caldicott

Dr. Helen Caldicott, author of “Nuclear madness: what you should do”, speaks on the nuclear war possibilities of the past (Cuban missile crisis) and present. She also explains the possibilities of excess radiation, the problems of uranium waste, how radiation causes cancer and the genetic implications of such elements as plutonium, nuclear power proliferation and…

August 24, 2025

The Medical consequences of nuclear war / produced by Ken Olcott.

This program includes highlights of the two-day symposium held in San Francisco in November of 1980, organized by Physicians For Social Responsibility and the Council For a Livable World Education Fund. Presented by physicians, scientists, and former high-level government personnel. Tape produced by Ken Olcott.

August 24, 2025