Doctors oppose radiation experiments on squirrel monkeys
Belmont hospital faulted for monkey experiments, BostonHerald.com, By Associated Press , May 31, 2010 BELMONT – An anti-animal research group is preparing to unveil two billboards criticizing McLean Hospital in Belmont for experiments with squirrel monkeys.The Washington, D.C.-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is scheduled to unveil the billboards Tuesday near the hospital.According to the group, squirrel monkeys will be exposed to harmful radiation at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York and will then be sent to McLean for various tests.
Mules used to detect radiation in nuclear test area
….The mules will spend their days carrying “a gamma scanner..that will register gamma energy emitted by radioactive material……”
Cute Animals Sent to Check Dangers of Former Nuclear Site : Disasters : Curbed LA, by Adrian Glick Kudler, 14 May 2010, First kids, and now animals are taking the weight of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory mess on their shoulders. Continue reading
2 million youth back Buddhist call for Nuclear Weapons Convention
Two Million Youth Call for Nuclear Weapon-Free World, By Soka Gakkai NEW YORK, May 12, 2010 – On May 11, a petition of 2,276,167 signatures from youth calling for the adoption of a Nuclear Weapons Convention which would comprehensively ban nuclear weapons was presented to Ambassador Leslie B. Gatan, adviser to the president of the ongoing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ReviewConference, Continue reading
Catholic Church condemns nuclear weapons existence as immoral
Vatican questions nuclear deterrence THIS CATHOLIC’S VIEW, The Washinton Post, By Thomas J. Reese, S.J. 13 May 2010, Not only is the use of nuclear weapons immoral, the conditions that allowed the Catholic Church to tolerate nuclear deterrence no longer apply, the Vatican representative to the United Nations said in little noticed speeches in Washington and New York City……At the forums, the nuncio laid out the moral case against nuclear weapons. In the past the use of nuclear weapons was condemned by the church, he said, but nuclear deterrence was granted conditional acceptance during the Cold War……”Nuclear weapons are no longer just for deterrence but have become entrenched in the military doctrines of the major powers,” Archbishop Migliore said. “A war-fighting strategy using nuclear weapons has been put in place.” Georgetown/On Faith: Vatican questions nuclear deterrence – Thomas J. Reese
Video – Total Nuclear Disarmament – call from Pope
Ruth Gledhill – Times Online – WBLG: Pope calls for total nuclear disarmament
VIDEO Pope calls for total nuclear disarmament, Ruth Gledhill – Times Online Pope Benedict XVI said: ‘The eighth Review Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty began work in New York on May 3rd. Progress towards combined and secure nuclear disarmament is closely connected to the full and rapid fulfilment of the relative international commitments. Peace, in fact, rests on trust and on respect for promises made, not only on the balance of power. In this spirit, I encourage the initiatives that seek progressive disarmament and areas free of nuclear weapons, with a view to their complete elimination from the planet.
World Council of Churches pushes for Nuclear Weapons Convention
Churches push for nuclear treaty at NPT Review conference, | Ekklesia, 7 May 2010, “…….after years of work – mostly by civil society groups including churches – a majority of the governments represented in New York are now in favour of starting work on a nuclear weapons convention. While the NPT was designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and someday to reverse it, the proposed convention would ban them completely. Continue reading
The economic and social realities of nuclear energy
Waste not … or get nukes — High Country News, Eric Jantz Apr 13, 2010 “……..To begin with, there’s the issue of who benefits from increasing nuclear power generation. At every point along the nuclear fuel chain, the flow of money reinforces current economic and social power disparities. Continue reading
Easter Blockade of Nuclear Base, by Christians
Double standards in nuclear policy on Iran and Israel
Israel and Iran simply highlight the hypocrisy of a larger nuclear policy that endorses a double standard.
The Nuclear Double Standard, Antiwar.com, by Charles V. Peña, March 12, Earlier this week, Israel announced its intention to pursue nuclear power to generate electricity. According to Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau, Israel wants to achieve energy independence from coal, which it has to import in significant quantities:…..(Israel, however, practices a policy of nuclear ambiguity, neither confirming nor denying whether it has nuclear weapons – yet it is generally accepted that Israel has such weapons).. Continue reading
Radiation tests on monkeys might be stopped
“Since there is currently no realistic timetable for deep space travel, there is simply no ethical justification for putting these monkeys through these inhumane and possibly fatal experiments at this time,” the lawmakers concluded.
NASA monkey radiation experiment facing animal-cruelty accusations THE HILL, By Tony Romm – 03/08/10 NASA’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is coming under intense scrutiny this week following complaints that its forthcoming $1.75 million radiation experiment on monkeys violates a score of animal-rights laws. Continue reading
Movement grows to stop NASA’s radiation monkey experiments
NASA’s proposed experiments would inundate these tiny monkeys – only a foot tall – with one massive burst of gamma radiation equal to a 3-year journey to Mars and back.
Celebrities Speak Against NASA’s Monkey Radiation Experiments Your Story SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ — In Defense of Animals (IDA), an international animal protection organization with over 85,000 members, today released letters from celebrities opposed to NASA-funded experiments. Continue reading
NASA’s radiation monkey tests – unecessary, cruel, wasteful, ? stupid
NASA’s Wrong Stuff Aysha Akhtar MD, MPH THE HUFFINGTON POST 16 Feb 2010 “………..I am bewildered by NASA’s plan to squander nearly $2 million in taxpayer money on radiation experiments on monkeys.NASA has announced it is funding an experiment in which as many as 30 squirrel monkeys will be exposed to harmful ionizing radiation here on Earth. Continue reading
Unecessary and cruel radiation experiments on squirrel monkeys
There are obvious flaws to this research: 1) High doses of radiation are not the same as low levels of radiation. 2) Squirrel monkeys are not the same as humans. 3) The dangers of radiation are not a secret. And, of course, the fact that animals will suffer needlessly.
More Radiation for Space Monkeys ANIMAL WELFARE Stephanie Feldstein 29 Jan 2010 It’s not the first time monkeys have been exposed to radiation. So many studies have documented the painful and disturbing effects of exposure, that there’s no reason for further animal research. But NASA doesn’t see it that way. Continue reading
Animal lovers protest NASA’s plan to irradiate monkeys
PETA Protests NASA Experiments On Monkeys Newsnet5.com January 20, 2010 CLEVELAND — There was an unusual sight Wednesday as PETA protested NASA over planned radiation experiments on squirrel monkeys.To make their point, they protested in front of Cleveland’s Glenn Research Center Wednesday dressed as monkeys in cages. PETA said NASA’s planned tests on monkeys are cruel.
PETA Protests NASA Experiments On Monkeys – News Story – WEWS Cleveland
Jury finds priest guilty in anti nuclear action
Jury finds priest guilty in nuclear silo breach The Tribune December 22, 2009 After only an hour of deliberation this afternoon, a Weld County Court jury found a Catholic priest guilty of damaging and trespassing on government property that housed a nuclear missile silo in northeastern Weld County last August. Continue reading
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