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DESCRIPTION:Over the last couple of years, three international conferences have taken 
 place on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons. Topics at the 
 conferences included the possible devastation from an actual attack - 
 already seen in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 - and the effects of nuclear 
 fallout from testing in the 1950's and 1960's.\n\nThe U.S. sent a 
 delegation to the third of these conferences in Vienna last December, after 
 dismissing the first two. Even so, they somewhat embarrassed themselves 
 with a presentation basically justifying nuclear weapons - in agreement 
 with almost nobody else at the gathering and to the chagrin of many in 
 attendance.\n\nAmong peace activists in the U.S., and people in the 
 non-nuclear weapons states worldwide, there is a call for a new narrative 
 about what nuclear weapons are capable of - thus the urgent need to 
 implement key provisions of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). We 
 will try to facilitate that narrative by presenting Dr. Tom Newman, a 
 prominent member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, to give a talk on 
 "The Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons".\n\nAs both a pediatrician 
 and longtime anti-nuclear activist, the San Carlos-based Dr. Newman is 
 well-poised to offer a sympathetic but frank perspective on nuclear weapons 
 and what they can do (and already have done) to people. Tom recently 
 completed 9 years on PSR's national Board of Directors, and is currently on 
 the Steering Committee of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of 
 PSR. He is also a longtime member and former board member of PASMC. Tom is 
 a Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Pediatrics at the 
 University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.\n\nTom has 
 spoken about nuclear weapons to students from high school to medical 
 school, in hospitals and medical meetings, and most recently at local 
 Rotary Clubs. Come hear his latest version of why we need to eliminate this 
 scourge from our planet.\nThe UUSM is wheelchair accessible.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/10/18777447.php
SUMMARY:A Talk About the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/10/18777447.php
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