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Mexico meeting of 146 nations working to eliminate nuclear weapons

The World Turns Against Nuclear Weapons Peter G. Cohen The Smirking Chimp,   February 21, 2014 A new kind of world meeting has just ended (2-13-14) in Nayarit, Mexico. It was unusual because 146 weapons-free nations, from all over the world, attended and discussed ways to eliminate the nuclear weapons now held by the Nuclear Nine, who ignored the meeting.

This worldwide movement is concerned with the recent information on the effects of any nuclear detonations that would be distributed around the world. The fireball from a typical U.S. weapon is so hot that it will ignite an area of from 30 to 40 square miles around the planned target. The heat from this giant firestorm will lift a huge amount of soot into the high atmosphere where it will drift around the world. Such a huge black cloud will blot out the sun and cause a nuclear winter by blocking the sunlight from reaching food crops.

Additional effects will include a wide dispersal of ionizing radiation that interferes with normal development in women and children, weakens the protection of the ozone layer, and destroys the phytoplankton of the sea, which supports most ocean life

The world is now realizing that the uncontrollable and long-lasting effects of nuclear weapons on civilians and all life, including domesticated animals amd plant ecosystems, make any use of these weapons an intolerable crime against humanity.

“The Mexico conference is the latest stop in a process that has changed the way nuclear weapons are discussed at the international level…..http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/peter-g-cohen/54358/the-world-turns-against-nuclear-weapons

February 25, 2014 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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