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A Safer World – Treating Britain’s harmful dependence on nuclear weapons
The world now has an international treaty making it illegal for ratifying states to possess nuclear weapons. Our new report takes this opportunity to re-examine the arguments for and against the UK’s continued adherence to its own nuclear arsenal.
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New report on UK’s continued possession of nuclear weapons in light of the international ban treaty
The world now has an international treaty making it illegal for ratifying states to possess any nuclear weapons. Yet the UK continues to keep and modernise its nuclear weapons at huge cost and risk to life, and is increasingly seen as out of step with the rest of the world.
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Response from BMA to Medact letter re: Palestinian hunger strikes in Israeli prisons and detention centres
A response has been received from Dr Mark Porter, Council Chair of the British Medical Association to the Medact letter which raised concern regarding the possible forced feeding and force treating of […]
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Health professionals call for an end to the recruitment of children by the UK armed forces
In response to a new report, published this week by Veterans for Peace UK, exploring the effects army training and employment has on new recruits, Medact, the non-profit advocacy organisation for healthcare […]
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Majority of States Agree to Ban Nuclear Weapons at United Nations
UK refuses to participate in treaty negotiations New York, 7 July 2017: Negotiations of a new international treaty that bans nuclear weapons concluded at the United Nations today as the treaty […]
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Statement from Doctors Against Diesel about the Client Earth hearing today
There is overwhelming evidence that exposure to small particles and gases from fossil-fuel derived air pollution has major adverse consequences on health. Published this week in the New England Journal […]
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Response from Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to our reply to Theresa May’s letter re: Government action on diesel
A response has been received from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, to the Doctors against Diesel response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Letter […]
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Consultation on the Central London ULEZ – Medact Response
Medact is a London-based public health charity that works on environmental health, amongst other things. Medact is the lead organiser of the Doctors Against Diesel campaign which comprises a wide […]
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Doctors Against Diesel website launched
We launched our new campaign website for National Clean Air Day. Please take a look – and let us know what you think. You can also follow Doctors Against Diesel […]
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Release of the draft Ban Treaty
The draft of the text of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty was released in Geneva on May 22nd by the president of the negotiating conference, Elayne Whyte Gomez of Costa […]
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Doctors issue prescription to the Prime Minister for tougher action on air pollution
‘Doctors Against Diesel’ have marched to Downing Street today, to deliver a giant prescription to the Prime Minister, ordering her to deliver tougher action on air pollution to protect children’s lungs ‘every breath, every day’ across the UK