Helen Caldicott Quotes

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• Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.
• You're going to have to change the priorities of your life, if you love this planet.
• Patriotism is nationalism, and always leads to war.
• We are the curators of life on earth. We hold it in the palm of our hand.
• As a doctor, as well as a mother and a world citizen, I wish to practice the ultimate form of preventive medicine by ridding the…
• If the corporations have their way, the Earth will be killed, and that's in your lifetime. It's revolting to me that students are being trained…
• The power of an aroused public is unbeatable.
• Every time you turn on an electric light, you are making another brainless baby.
• Capitalism is destroying the earth.
• Cuba is a wonderful country. What Castro’s done is superb.
• It is clear to me that unless we connect directly with the earth, we will not have the faintest clue why we should save it.
• 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 be…
• Nuclear industry proponents often assert that low doses of radiation (eg below 100mSV) produce no ill effects and are therefore safe. But , as the…
• If you inhale a millionth of a gram of plutonium, the surrounding cells receive a very, very high dose. Most die within that area, because…

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