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Nuclear ban treaty enters into force a big win for planetary health
01/25/2021
Jan 22 celebrations (clockwise from upper left): Kansas City, Seattle, UN Secretariat building, Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
It is the international news story that the United States “establishment” wants you to ignore: nuclear weapons have been declared illegal under international law. Fortunately, civil society people including PSR members spread the news of the new treaty across the USA, often with a touch of creativity.
On Friday, January 22, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) ‘entered into force’, changing the legal status of nuclear weapons forevermore. This is a historic milestone along the road to total abolition of nuclear weapons. Entry into force also signaled a central accomplishment for the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and its 400+ partner organizations in 106 nations. PSR is proud to be an ICAN partner organization.
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December 29, 2020
The Cold War never erupted into the nuclear nightmare that the world feared for decades. But the legacy of the never-used nuclear weapons remains a ticking time bomb that could endanger countless people and lead to environmental catastrophe any time.
A radiation warning sign on the fence outside the restricted area at the Maxey Flat Low Level Radioactive Waste site in Kentucky. The GAO report says there is no plan in place for nuclear waste sites that need to be safeguarded against increasingly frequent and severe rainfall, tornadoes, hurricanes and accompanying flooding and forest fires. Photo by RRJackson / Wikimedia Commons.