Helen Caldicott Quotes About Nuclear Weapons

• The massive quantities of radiation that would be released in a war fought with nuclear weapons might, over time, cause such great changes in the human gene pool that following generations might not be recognizable as human beings.

  Helen Caldicott

  War, Would Be, Generations

  Helen Caldicott (1980). “Nuclear madness: what you can do”

• Terrorists do not actually need nuclear weapons. They have been conveniently supplied with 103 nuclear power plants scattered throughout the United States (438 of these deadly facilities exist throughout the world). A planned meltdown at one of these facilities would make the World Trade Center attacks seem like child's play. The massive concrete containers protecting the reactors are not strong enough to withstand the impact of a jumbo jet.

  Helen Caldicott

  Strong, Children, War

  Helen Caldicott (2013). “The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex”, p.12, The New Press

• As a physician, I see the earth as a patient in the intensive care unit. We have an acute clinical crisis on our hands and must take urgent action. My prescription for survival is that the American people rise up as they did in the 1980s, when 80 percent of Americans supported the nuclear weapons freeze.

  Helen Caldicott

  Hands, People, Survival

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