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The Crisis of Human Civilization and Life-Supporting Planet Earth

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It has been shown in this treatise that radiation is, indeed, incompatible with life. Continued production and eventual release of radioactive material through military and “peaceful” uses of uranium and others is increasingly endangering the LIFE on this planet.

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    Eiichiro Ochiai

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Ochiai, E. (2014). The Crisis of Human Civilization and Life-Supporting Planet Earth. In: Hiroshima to Fukushima. Science Policy Reports. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38727-2_19

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