IPPNW in the News

This section contains excerpts from our "clip file" of articles from journals, magazines and newspapers that mention IPPNW's work; letters to the editor from IPPNW board members; press coverage of major IPPNW events. IPPNW is not responsible for the accuracy of the information contained within the articles or the views expressed by independent journalists. Placement of the articles in this index does not constitute an endorsement by IPPNW; the material and links are provided for informational purposes only.

2009

• November 9, 2009: Chugoku Shimbun
  Hiroshima and the World: We can imagine and build a world free of nuclear weapons
  By Tilman Ruff
• September 18, 2009: theage.com.au
  Seeking nuclear protection from another state is deceptive
  By Tilman Ruff and John Loretz
• August 9, 2009: psrblog
  Some Thoughts on Nagasaki Day
  By Bob Gould
• August 9, 2009: thestart.com.my
  Atonement for the Hibakusha
  By Ron McCoy
• August 9, 2009: St. Helena Star
  Nagasaki 64 Years Later
  By George Starke
• August 7, 2009: Indianexpress.com
  Victims of Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings remembered
  About IDPD's (Indian affiliate) recent seminar
• August 6, 2009: OnlineOpinion.com
  The Terror of Hiroshima
  By Sue Warehem
• August 6, 2009: ippnweupdate.wordpress.com
  The Strategic Value of Remembering
  By John Loretz
• July 28, 2009: OnlineOpinion.com
  Unholy Trinity
  By Bill Williams
• June 30, 2009: Australasian Medical Journal
  "Medical Students envisage a healthy future" student editorial on the diversion of funds for weapons, the need for funding in international healthcare and IPPNW's student work by Suheir Khajuria and Tova Fuller
• June 19, 2009: New Zealand Medical Journal
  Medical student action and the “Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 2009” by Andrew Winnington and Nick Wilson
  
• May 27, 2009: Huffington Post
  Maybe We Should Take North Koreans at Their Word
  By Tad Daley
  
• April 28 , 2009: OnlineOpinion.Com
  A nuclear weapons free world is now possible
  By Bill Williams
  
• March 23, 2009: Neues Deutschland
  Medical appeal for a nuclear weapons free world (in German)
  By Olaf Standke
  
• March 23, 2009: frisch-gesprickelt.blogspot.com
  300 leading doctors for the abolition of nuclear weapons (in German)
  By Gabi Sprickler-Falschlunger
  

2008

• October 27, 2008: Founding Co-President Dr. Bernard Lown interviewed on Chicago Public Radio's Worldview program.
• September 25, 2008: Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness - article and radio segment on uprisingradio.org
  
• September 10, 2008: Norway, Point of Peace Summit Opens in Stavanger - article
  
• September 8, 2008: Transcript and audio files of the interview done by Bruce Gellerman at IPPNW founding co-president, Dr. Lown's home in Newton, MA.
  
• July 1, 2008:IPPNW Writing Fellow, Tad Daley, in Huffington Post on the 40th anniversary of NPT.
  
• May 15, 2008:IPPNW Writing Fellow, Tad Daley in alternet.org piece and why non nuclear states shouldn't tolerate the nuclear double standard.
  

2007

• December 14, 2007:German study finds correlation between leukemia and distance of one's home from a nuclear power plant - IPPNW/Europe's article on the German study and article in the Brattleboro Reformer
• October 27, 2007: Iran; The Road to Armageddon - article
• August 20, 2007: Physician speaks out on Israeli reactor Dimona and cancer risk - article
• August 6 and 9, 2007: IPPNW commemorates the 62nd anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  Related Stories:
  • Indian press - article on IDPD's seminar
  • Belgium and Flemish press - oped by Henri Firket of AMPGN (written in French)
  • Swedish press - article mentioning the Swedish Physicians Against Nuclear War and Dr. Gunnar Westberg in the Goteborgs-Posten (written in Swedish)
• May 24, 2007: Dr. ElBaradei - ICAN mentioned in a statement on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe: Where Do We Go From Here?
• January 29, 2007: Doctors Protest Trident Submarine Base
  Related Stories:
  • Press release on the arrests
  • UK press - article on Dr. Liz Waterston in the New Castle Journal
  • UK press - article on Dr. Lesley Morrison in Borders Today
  • UK press - article on Dr. Trevor Trueman in the Malvern Gazette

2006

• Sudden Death: A physician recognized the hazards that persist in a post-nuclear age and vows to allow no harm, Dr. Bernard Lown, IPPNW Co-Founder - Summer 2006
• Letter to the Editor: Kudos to student for stance on nuclear weapons [March 30, 2006] from the Westwood Press

Conferences, Events, and Reports Commemorating Chernobyl

• Chernobyl: A 20 Year Catastrophe; A Lesson for the Future
  IPPNW affiliates around the world commemorated the April 26th, 1986 disaster with reports and international conferences
• Chernobyl Reports
• Chernobyl Conferences
• Chernobyl Links

The War Against Iraq

• Appeal to President Bush during his visit to Germany - February 2005
• Medact Report: The Enduring Effects of War: Health in Iraq 2004 - 2004
• Medact Report: Collateral Damage - 2002
• PSR Statement on Crisis in Iraq - June 2004
• Protesting the War Against Iraq
• IPPNW Protests Decision to Halt Civilian Casualty Counts - 12/11/2003
• Statement on Launch of War - 3/20/2003
• IPPNW's International Petition
• Reports from Fact-Finding Missions in Iraq
• Continuing Collateral Damage: The health and environmental costs of war on Iraq
• Iraq and Smart Security by Dr. John O. Pastore, David Rush
• Iraq: The Spectre of Nuclear War by Dr. Ron McCoy
• The Human Cost of War With Iraq by Michael Christ
• Which Principle Mr Downer? by Dr. Sue Wareham
• Contact IPPNW experts on this topic

2005

• It's time to abolish nuclear weapons (pdf) by Sue Wareham from the Australian Journal of International Affairs Vol.59, No.4 - 2005
• The Danger is Still Very Near [October 7, 2005] from the Lincoln Journal OpEd on the IPPNW 25th anniversary event with Daniel Ellsberg, James Taylor, Marjorie Decker and several of the co-founders of IPPNW - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• IPPNW congratulates Dr. ElBaradei and the IAEA - 2005 Nobel Peace Laureate
  

2004 and earlier

• 2005 statement from the 6th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates - Rome, Italy
  
• 2004 statement from the 5th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates - Rome, Italy
  
• 2004 transcript from IPPNW Co-president Dr. Westberg and IPPNW International Student Representative, Alex Rosen at the Summit discussing terrorism
• 2003 statement from the 4th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates - Rome, Italy
• Peace as Preventive Medicine - the Satya interview with Dr. Victor Sidel - March 2003
  
• IPPNW congratulates President Jimmy Carter - 2002 Nobel Peace Laureate
  
• North Korea: Time for More Talks and Fewer Threats by Mary-Wynne Ashford [September 26, 2003]
• Hiroshima, an awful lesson of history [August 5, 2002]
  
• Beware the 'Bunker Buster' Mentality [May 16, 2002]
  
• Slippery Slope To Damnation [March 2002]
  
• Bombs Are Not the Answer [November 2001]
  
• Military War Pouring Kerosene on the Fire [October 2001]
  
• Militarism and Unilateralism: Dangerous and Flawed [August 2001]
  
• US Needs to Re-examine Priorities [August 30, 2001]
  
• The Missile Shield and a Grim Specter [June 2001]
  
• Missile Defenses Will Leave Us Vulnerable [May 2001]
  
• Remove the Hair Trigger [April 2001]
  
• Bush Policy Might Bully US Allies [March 2001]
  
• Nuclear Weapons Remain Greatest Threat [December 2000]
  
• Blame Russian Tragedy on Our Romance with Nuclear Weapons [August 17, 2000]
  
• A Nuke-Free World Is Within Reach [August 6, 2000]
  
• Health Professionals as Peace Advocates in Areas of Conflict [July 29, 2000]
  
• US Anti-Missile Plan Will Increase Danger of Nuclear War [June 27, 2000]
  
• New Edition of Groundbreaking Nuclear Weapons Study [June 27, 2000]
  
• International Physicians Organization Calls for Shutdown of French Plutonium Reprocessing Industry [June 30, 2000]
  
• Statement on Radiation Exposure at Tokai Fuel Plant [October 2, 1999]
  
• Study Predicts More Than 8 Million Deaths if Nuclear Weapon Is Used on Bombay [July 27, 1999]
  
• Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC): Model Treaty to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons [May 20, 1999]
  
• Hiroshima Day [August 3, 1999]
  
• Test Ban and Credibility [October 18, 1999]