Radiation — Physiological effect.

  • Disarmament now! / Linus Pauling and Henry Way Kendall (Episode 1 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 1 of 4. Linus Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) and Professor Henry Way Kendall (December 9, 1926 – February 15, 1999). Professor Kendall, MIT, describes the results of nuclear warfare, how the USSR is vulnerable to nuclear attack, how it would affect the ozone shield and therefore us. His…

  • Disarmament now! / Dr. Helen Caldicott (Episode 2 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 2 of 4. Dr. Helen Caldicott, a pediatrician and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, gives her horrifying account of what the world will be like after a nuclear war, giving examples of the radiation disease resulting from the bombs dropped on Japan. Then she gives some chilling statistics about bombs and…

  • Disarmament now! / Dr. Richard J. Barnet (Episode 3 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 3 of 4. Dr. Richard Barnet (May 7, 1929 – December 23, 2004) of the Institute for Policy Studies speaks about nuclear proliferation and world security. He speaks about the new Cold War, the arms race, how we need new ideas, and the need for understanding the historical moment. He says that…

  • Disarmament now! / William Winpisinger (Episode 4 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 4 of 4. William Wayne Winpisinger (December 10, 1924 – December 11, 1997), International Machinists and Atomic Workers President, discusses the economic conversion of the weapons industry as well as giving his perspective of that industry. He claims it is a capital intensive industry that doesn’t do much in creating additional jobs.…

  • Interview With Fred Allingham, From The National Association For Radiation Survivors

    INTERVIEW WITH FRED ALLINGHAM, FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RADIATION SURVIVORS| Produced by Pamela Burton| April 17, 1989. – CONTENT: Fred Alliginham discusses the National Association for Radiation Survivors, the organizations work, categories of survivors and a variety of other topics, including the buriel of ships used in tests in the South Pacific off California’s…

  • Deadly deceit : low level radiation, high level coverup / Jay Gould ; interviewed by Roy Tuckman.

    Statistician Jay Gould discusses his findings from the first computer analysis of government mortality figures. As predicted by Linus Pauling and Andre Sakarov in 1958, immune systems of those born 1948-1965 have been impaired owing to increased low levels of radiation. This can be seen in the increased occurance of Epstein Barr, cancer, leukemia, chronic…

  • Nuclear madness / Dr. Helen Caldicott

    Dr. Helen Caldicott was a former Australian pediatrician, anti-nuclear activist, author, and president of Physicians for Social Responsibility. In this recording, Caldicott speaks to State officials following the Convention of Physicians for Social Responsibility, held in Sacramento, the week of November 16, 1980. In her talk, Caldicott describes a reactor meltdown, radiation sickness, plutonium, the…

  • Informed consent / produced by Amanda Spake

    Amanda Spake from “Mother Jones” talks to Howard Rosenberg about his article “Informed Consent” about a child receiving radiation treatment. Between 1960 and 1975, 194 cancer patients were treated with high level whole body radiation at the Atomic Energy Commission’s Oakridge, Tennessee laboratory. Rosenberg describes what he learned about that research: a description of the…

  • Instant death.

    Collage on the imminent dangers of nuclear war.

  • Three mile island is an accident that’s still happening / Dr. Irv Lyon ; interviewed by Anita Frankel.

    Professor discusses the probable long term environmental and biological effects of Three Mile Island on the surrounding community.