The health impacts of war and armed conflict
In 1951, at the height of the Korean War, seven eminent doctors wrote to The Lancet medical journal in a call for disarmament. Their argument? Military spending was impacting upon healthcare provision in the UK, and doctors had a social responsibility to...Fracking: what is the British government trying to hide?
Decisions over the onshore drilling need to be taken with the facts in the open, not pushed through Parliament in a rush. By John Ashton We shouldn’t need a report by Medact to tell us what fracking means for our health. We have a Government led by politicians we...Doctors and Drones
Dr Tomasz Pierscionek, co-author of Medact’s Drone report, talks to Carol Anne Grayson.