#504
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Dr. Gururaj Mutalik, executive director, and Dr. John Pastore, a board member, of the Nobel Prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War speak of how the grouping of physicians from over 80 countries works to oppose nuclear weapons and nuclear war. They tell of their Abolition 2000 campaign, to get the world's government to agree by the year 2000 on a firm timetable for the elimination of nuclear arms. And they discuss IPPNW's new report, Crude Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation and the Terrorist Threat.

#525
Marshall Islands: On The Beach
Dr. Glenn Alcalay learned about the horrific impacts of U.S. nuclear weapons tests on the people of the Marshall Islands when he went there as a Peace Corps volunteer. He was outraged by what he saw: "A secretive human radiation experiment before my eyes." A professor of anthropology at the City University of New York, he has devoted his life to unearthing what the U.S. did to the Marshallese -- and demanding acknowledgement by the government and justice.

#526
We Are All Downwinders
New findings of the National Cancer Institute that U.S. nuclear weapons tests of the 1950s and 60s exposed people throughout the U.S. to radioactivity are discussed by Dr. David Rush, member of the board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility and co-chairman of the Greater Boston chapter of International Physicians, and Dr. Glenn Alcalay, who has specialized in researching human experiments with radioactivity.

#530
Women's Action For New Directions
Susan Schaer, executive director of Women's Action for New Directions, Inc., a national organization based in Arlington, Massachusetts, explains how WAND pursues its goal of empowering women to act politically to reduce violence and militarism and to redirect military resources toward human and environmental needs.

#535
Atomic Veterans
Dr. Oscar Rosen, himself, became a victim of atomic weapons testing by the U.S. military, while a member of that military.  He is now publisher and editor of Atomic Veterans Radiation News.  The Salem, Massachusetts publication is a leading source of information in the world on the consequences of nuclear weapon testing.  In this Enviro Close-Up, Dr. Rosen provides a history of such testing, the impacts-and the many years of the military and government cover-up.

#117
Conversion Now
Discussing how the defense industry can make a changeover in the post-Cold War era to producing products for peace are Charles Knight of the Project on Defense Alternatives, Cynthia Ward of the Progressive Policy Initiative and Rich Cowan and Dalya Massachi of the University Conservation Project.

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