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Margaret Beavis
Margaret Beavis is a recently retired GP and co- director of Quit Nukes (an initiative of the Medical Association for Prevention of War in conjunction with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Australia).
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Where is the ‘mature debate’ about the health impacts of nuclear power?
When it comes to nuclear radiation, there is a clear disconnect between the medical evidence and the views of the Coalition. Since the 1950s we have known there is a link between X-rays in pregnant women and leukemia and other cancers in their children. It is not for nothing there are signs in every radiology Continue reading »
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UNRWA must not be criminalised by the Israeli Parliament
The conflict in Gaza has created both a humanitarian crisis and a public health emergency. Both are still worsening. Yet despite this, Israel is moving to declare UNRWA (United Nations Relief Work Agency) a terrorist organisation. This would massively reduce the ability of UNRWA to deliver (already totally inadequate) food, health care and shelter to Continue reading »
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Do you really want nuclear weapons in your super?
Do you really want nuclear weapons in your super? It is high time Super Funds classify nuclear weapons as “controversial weapons” and divest, now they have joined chemical weapons and biological weapons as illegal under international law. Continue reading »
