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The evidence of harm caused by the use and testing of nuclear weapons takes on a renewed importance in a world in which the risk of nuclear weapons being used is increasing. From a humanitarian perspective, any measure to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons being used is to be welcomed.
- Nuclear weapons - an intolerable threat to humanity
What effects do nuclear weapons have on health, the...
- Nuclear weapons - an intolerable threat to humanity
The medical effects of the atomic bomb upon humans can be put into the four categories below, with the effects of larger thermonuclear weapons producing blast and thermal effects so large that there would be a negligible number of survivors close enough to the center of the blast who would experience prompt/acute radiation effects, which were ...
SUMMARY. The explosion of a nuclear weapon releases a combination of heat, blast waves and radiation. These forces have the potential to kill and injure massive numbers of people, to obliterate homes, buildings and infrastructure, and to have severe consequences for the environment.
17 sty 2022 · The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is now in legal force. This article reviews current evidence, challenges, and opportunities towards controlling the most acute existential threat facing humankind and the biosphere: growing danger of nuclear war.
7 sie 2018 · What effects do nuclear weapons have on health, the environment and our ability to provide humanitarian assistance? And what does international humanitarian law say? Our factsheets address these important issues.
UN Secretary General António Guterres on Sunday marked 75 years since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki with praise for the hibakusha, the survivors, who transformed their decades-long plight into a...
23 lip 2020 · By allowing scientists to study their suffering, atomic bomb survivors have transformed our understanding of radiation's health effects. A mushroom cloud hangs over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. An estimated 90,000 to 120,000 people died that day or soon after; many others developed cancer later.
