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Medical Journals Issue Urgent Call for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

August 10th, 2023

More than 100 medical journals, including the Lancet, the British Medical Journal, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the JAMA, have issued a joint call for urgent steps to decrease the growing danger of nuclear war and to move rapidly to the elimination of nuclear weapons.  At a time of expanded fighting in Ukraine and increased tensions in Korea, leaders of the global health community underscore that any use of nuclear weapons would be catastrophic for humanity.  https://peaceandhealthblog.com/2023/08/02/medical-journals-issue-urgent-call-for-elimination-of-nuclear-weapons/

The unprecedented call to action comes in the form of an editorial co-authored by the editors of 11 of the leading medical and health journals, the World Association of Medical Editors and leaders of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).  The editorial was released on August 1^st in conjunction with the start of the United Nations Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting and the 78th year since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://meetings.unoda.org/npt-/treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons-preparatory-committee-for-the-eleventh-review-conference-first-session-2023

The editorial warns, “The danger is great and growing.  The nuclear armed states must eliminate their nuclear arsenals before they eliminate us.”………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… more http://nuclearactive.org/medical-journals-issue-urgent-call-for-elimination-of-nuclear-weapons/

August 13, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | health