Local democracy in action for a greener, more peaceful world

The Effects of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear War

Presenter(s): 
John LaForge
Jeff Patterson
Date & Time: 
November 7, 2009 - 9:30am
Location: 
Doty Room, Inn on the Park

Every federal agency that regulates industrial releases or the medical uses of radiation warns that every external or internal radiation exposure, no matter how small, increases one’s risk of cancer. Yet the government's promotion of nuclear power, its use of uranium munitions in war, and its outdated radiation risk standards put the most vulnerable -- women and children-- at ever increasing risk.

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CONVENERS

Convened by Liberty Tree, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Western States Legal Foundation, Global Action to Prevent War, and Mayors for Peace in cooperation with Cities for Progress, Nukewatch, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Wisconsin Carbon Free/Nuclear Free, Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice.

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BACKGROUND

Cities are assuming an active role in nuclear abolition and climate protection initiatives. Over 900 mayors have signed the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, pledging to work to implement the Kyoto Protocol in their own communities.

Future Cities 2009 follows on a similar, smaller conference hosted by Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie last October. For the details on that event, click here.