Nov 15, 2009

Salem on History | American Scientists Campaign Against Nuclear Testing

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Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Science, Environmental Issues
Subcategories: Scientists, Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
Curriculum: American History 1951-present
Geographical Location: United States
Date: The late 1950’s and early 1960’s

Article abstract: During the post-World War II period, Linus Pauling and other scientists helped make the general public aware of the perils of nuclear tests.

Summary of Event

On October 10, 1963, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee of the Norwegian Parliament announced that the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize would be given to Linus Pauling. It was not a coincidence that this was also the day that the Limited Test Ban Treaty went into effect, since the committee used its award to Pauling to call attention to the scientists who had aroused public awareness of the...

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Salem on History | American Scientists Campaign Against Nuclear Testing

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