As a physician, I see the earth as a patient in the intensive care unit. We have an acute clinical crisis on our hands and must take urgent action. My prescription for survival is that the American people rise up… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
The problem with addicted people, communities, corporations, or countries is that they tend to lie, cheat, or steal to get their 'fix.' Corporations are addicted to profit and governments to power. — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
Nuclear industry proponents often assert that low doses of radiation (eg below 100mSV) produce no ill effects and are therefore safe. But , as… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
As a physician, I see the earth as a patient in the intensive care unit. We have an acute clinical crisis on our hands… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
If you inhale a millionth of a gram of plutonium, the surrounding cells receive a very, very high dose. Most die within that area,… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
As a doctor, as well as a mother and a world citizen, I wish to practice the ultimate form of preventive medicine by ridding… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and I wouldn't… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
We are the curators of life on earth. We hold it in the palm of our hand. — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
Politics is not really politics any more. It is run, for the most part, by Madison Avenue advertising firms, who sell politicians to the… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
It is clear to me that unless we connect directly with the earth, we will not have the faintest clue why we should save… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
The U.S. population, a mere four or five percent of the world total, creates half the world's toxic waste. — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
