Dr. Ira Helfand is a U.S. physician and one of the leading medical voices in the global movement to abolish nuclear weapons, as he shares in this podcast, nuclear weapons are the greatest real threat to our survival.
He authored IPPNW/PSR’s “Nuclear Famine” reports, arguing that even a “limited” regional nuclear war could trigger global climatic effects and threaten up to two billion people with starvation.
Dr. Helfand’s TEDx lecture “Can We Prevent Nuclear War?”, warns us that current nuclear dangers are calling for the complete abolition of nuclear weapons.
He is a longtime leader in International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), which received the1985 Nobel Peace Prize for its work highlighting the medical consequences of nuclear war.
His advocacy networks such as Back from the Brink, work with communities and health professionals to press governments for risk‑reduction steps and ultimately for nuclear disarmament.
Website: www.PreventNuclearWar.org
