Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.Bhavagad GIta
Many readers of The Cancer Letter will have seen or at least be aware of the buzz surrounding release of the new “Oppenheimer” movie, which has received excellent reviews.
Now that 78 years have passed since the first A-bomb exploded, we find many people, perhaps most, with little or no knowledge of the details. This is especially true for physicians and scientists.
There is a recent global effort to have medical journals publish statements on physicians’ social responsibility in the face of the increasing threat of a nuclear war. A copy of the statement is available in the first reference. 1
In this editorial, we hope to increase readers’ knowledge and impress on them their social responsibility to consider and try to mitigate the threat of nuclear war.
