Appropriate Quote by Helen Caldicott

Capitalism is destroying the earth.

— Helen Caldicott

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

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

Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.

— Helen Caldicott

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

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

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

We are the curators of life on earth. We hold it in the palm of our hand.

— Helen Caldicott

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

The power of an aroused public is unbeatable.

— Helen Caldicott

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

The U.S. population, a mere four or five percent of the world total, creates half the world's toxic waste.

— Helen Caldicott