nuclear weapons

Annual Global Health and Peace Concert

August 23, 2022

Greater Boston PSR (GBPSR) and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) are pleased to host a very special fifth annual peace and health concert to address the twin existential threats of nuclear war and climate change.

Nuclear Famine: Even a “limited” nuclear war would cause abrupt climate disruption and global starvation

August 15, 2022

Report prepared by IPPNW, written by GBPSR board member Dr. Matt Bivens. We consider this the “Readers Digest version” of the Nuclear Famine report — filled with graphics and charts…

Study: Global food insecurity and famine from reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate disruption from nuclear war soot injection

August 15, 2022

New report in Nature Food (a subsidiary of Nature)

Effects of Nuclear Weapons and Avenues for Clinician Advocacy

May 18, 2022

On May 18, 2022 the Mass General Hospital Center for the Environment and Health held a webinar, and the second half of it featured a discussion surrounding the “Effects of Nuclear Weapons…

Q&A by Dr. Ira Helfand after watching The War Game film — August 6, 2021

August 6, 2021

Watch video from the event here.

Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Illegal; It’s Long Past Time to Abolish Them

July 5, 2021

In Depth News – July 8, 2021, marks the 25th anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ’s) Advisory Opinion on the legal status of nuclear weapons.