The Next 50 years / Helen Caldicott ; introduced by Jimmy Hara.

Talk by noted environmental activist Helen Caldicott at a benefit for a campaign to prevent a proposed nuclear waste dump in Ward Valley. She begins with a discussion of her father’s death from liver cancer, how man-made substances are killing us, the history of nuclear power and atomic energy, and the diseases our bodies develop when exposed to radiation. She continues by warning of genetic damage from radiation, the need to use alternative forms of energy, the medical and political aspects of nuclear power generation, and warns against the promise of new “breeder” reactors. She concludes by pointing to the power of the individual in fighting the development of nuclear energy.|THE NEXT 50 YEARS / Helen Caldicott| introduced by Jimmy Hara. – Talk by noted environmental activist Helen Caldicott at a benefit for a campaign to prevent a proposed nuclear waste dump in Ward Valley. She begins with a discussion of her father’s death from liver cancer, how man-made substances are killing us, the history of nuclear power and atomic energy, and the diseases our bodies develop when exposed to radiation. She continues by warning of genetic damage from radiation, the need to use alternative forms of energy, the medical and political aspects of nuclear power generation, and warns against the promise of new “breeder” reactors. She concludes by pointing to the power of the individual in fighting the development of nuclear energy. – RECORDED: Los Angeles, 18 May 1994.