Activist Post – by Jeff Roberts
The single most articulate and passionate advocate of citizen action to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises, Dr Helen Caldicott, has devoted the last forty two years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the necessary changes in human behaviour needed to stop environmental destruction.
Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1938, Dr. Caldicott received her medical degree from the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1961. She founded the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital in 1975 and subsequently was an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and on the staff of the Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Mass., until 1980 when she resigned to work full time on the prevention of nuclear war.
In 1971, Dr Caldicott played a major role in Australia’s opposition to French atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific; in 1975 she worked with the Australian trade unions to educate their members about the medical dangers of the nuclear fuel cycle, with particular reference to uranium mining.
Dr Caldicott has received many prizes and awards for her work, including the Lannan Foundation’s 2003 Prize for Cultural Freedom and twenty one honorary doctoral degrees. She was personally nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Linus Pauling – himself a Nobel Laureate. The Smithsonianhas named Dr Caldicott as one of the most influential women of the 20th Century. She has written for numerous publications and has authored seven books. It’s undeniable, Caldicott knows what she’s talking about with regards to the nuclear crisis at hand.
The video is from 2011, and it showcases Caldicott’s dire warning about the Fukushima disaster. Her speech presents the crisis in clear light, giving no sugar-coating to the current rug-swept topic.
It’s time for us to stop denying our environmental and social responsibility. We cannot coin Fukushima information as “fear mongering” any longer. The message needs to get out to as many people as possible so that we can come together with a solution that, at the very least, slows any further damage from occurring.
Source:
http://www.helencaldicott.com/
Jeff Roberts writes for Collective-Evolution, where this first appeared.
http://www.activistpost.com/2014/01/take-10-minutes-to-inform-yourself-on.html
Well, it that video doesn’t wake up you nay-Sayers out there I can’t imagine what will! I personally worked side by side with the past Governor of the State of Washington Dr. Dixie Lee Ray. Wherein she was a bit controversial with her personal continence & behavior she was the past President of the Atomic Energy Commission also. At the time she was an executive for a Company called Sorb Oil who produced a product that absorbs oil, namely oil spilled on the open seas, an off brand that was used in the BP Gulf of Mexico spill.
I asked Dr. Dixie Lee why she left the AEC & she said, “for personal reasons of safety to myself & fellow man!” I didn’t put much impact on the issue at the time, but now, &, what I’ve learned over the years I have put a lot more credibility in the facts that her fears were FOUNDED!
Read the script on the Guidestones of Georgia & you’ll see the light in a different view if you remember the words of, now passed away, Dr. Dixie Lee Ray, “Feared for herself & fellow man!” Also, the Guidestones popped up when her fears were at their height!
Continue our crusade to regain our Liberty, Freedom, Justice & Truth
I actually just met someone who had never even heard of Fukushima, let alone the disaster itself.
And I didn’t think anything could surprise me anymore.