H-Bomb Tests
Sir, —If the nuclear' - tests are carried out this year as planned I suppose all the highly skilled scientists connected with the experiments will make vast mathematical and meteorological calculations beforehand. Are these men, however, capable of determining exactly how much radioactivity from the explosion would be taken up by rain, wind, and sea-water? This radio-activity, depending on the amount present in these elements, can affect any animals, plants, or human beings with which it comes in contact, causing death, disease, and destruction. Why should the lives of thousands be jeopardised by the testing of a weapon which, in my opinion, will never be used, because of fear of its tremendous power? Although man has attained such an advanced mental and physical state, his inner instincts and emotions are the same. And surely the instinct of selfpreservation is still the strongest? —Yours, etc,, LOVER OF LIFE. May 6, 1957.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28270, 7 May 1957, Page 3
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