Posted on Nov. 12: Peace Studies report analyzes impact of war on Iraq

The health and environmental toll of war on Iraq could include more than 500,000 people dying, civil war, famine, epidemics, millions of displaced people and refugees and catastrophic effects on children's health and development, a new report says.

McMaster's Centre for Peace Studies and Physicians for Global Survival (Canada) released the report, Collateral Damage: the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq, today (Nov. 12).

The evidence-based report, researched and written by health professionals, analyzes the impact of a new war on Iraq from a public health perspective. The report concludes that the threatened war
would be disastrous for the Iraqi people and people world-wide.

Click here to view the report.

Speakers at the news conference included Joanna Santa Barbara, a Hamilton child psychiatrist and president of Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), medical student April Kam and religious studies associate professor Graeme MacQueen, of the Centre for Peace Studies.

The report was produced by Medact, the U.K. affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and is being distributed internationally on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The IPPNW received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.

Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), a registered charitable organization, is dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons, the prevention of war and the promotion of non-violent means of conflict resolution. It is the Canadian affiliate of IPPNW.

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The health and environmental toll of war on Iraq could include more than 500,000 people dying, civil war, famine, epidemics, millions of displaced people and refugees and catastrophic effects on children&#039;s health and development, a new report says. <p><br />
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McMaster&#039;s Centre for Peace Studies and Physicians for Global Survival (Canada) released the report, <i>Collateral Damage: the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq</i>, today (Nov. 12). <p><br />
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The evidence-based report, researched and written by health professionals, analyzes the impact of a new war on Iraq from a public health perspective. The report concludes that the threatened war<br />
would be disastrous for the Iraqi people and people world-wide. <p><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.medact.org/tbx/pages/sub.cfm?id=556">Click here</a> to view the report.<p><br />
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Speakers at the news conference included Joanna Santa Barbara, a Hamilton child psychiatrist and president of Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), medical student April Kam and religious studies associate professor Graeme MacQueen, of the Centre for Peace Studies.<p> <br />
<br />
The report was produced by Medact, the U.K. affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and is being distributed internationally on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The IPPNW received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. <p><br />
<br />
Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), a registered charitable organization, is dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons, the prevention of war and the promotion of non-violent means of conflict resolution. It is the Canadian affiliate of IPPNW. <p>

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