[ 31 January 2003 ]
Nuclear weapons and pollution linked to 65
million deaths
'Pollution from nuclear energy and weapons programmes up to
1989 will account for 65 million deaths, according to a European
scientific committee headed by an
adviser to the British Government.
Research published yesterday by the European
Committee on Radiation Risk claims that previous figures
massively underestimate the nuclear industry's impact on human life' (
Independent )
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See also this executive summary of
the research, this further
information (PDF), this
letter from Chris Busby published in
the Guardian in September, this BBC
article from 2001, the LLRC
website, the Green Audit
website, and Caroline Lucas's
website LINKS?
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