🧵As we near the 75th year since the atomic bombings of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki, we need to know the consequences of nuclear weapons. Our 2013 report looks at impacts on health, agriculture, environment, economy, and more: https://bit.ly/3fsgfk9  #NeverAgain #nuclearban
To understand the impacts of the detonation of a single nuclear weapon in a city, watch this powerful video produced by the @ICRC and @Kurz_Gesagt. "One moment you're on your way to work; the next moment, you're on fire." #NeverAgain #nuclearban
Hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombings, have offered their testimony over the last seven decades, sharing their heartbreaking experiences with the world to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again. https://rise.icanw.org/updates  #NeverAgain #nuclearban
Indigenous communities around the world have disproportionately suffered from the impacts of nuclear weapon production and testing. They offered testimony at the negotiations of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: https://bit.ly/2D6thXB  #NeverAgain #nuclearban
Most of the world's governments, international organisations, and activists gathered for three conferences in 2013-2014 to study the humanitarian & environmental impacts of nuclear weapons and present important studies: https://bit.ly/2Djo9PE  #NeverAgain #nuclearban
We know what nuclear weapons can do - what they are built to do. They are monstrous weapons meant to melt and burn human beings one city at a time. They destroy land and water, they poison people and animals. As long as they exist, we are not safe. #NeverAgain #nuclearban
Abolishing nuclear weapons is the only way to prevent the meltdown that will follow any nuclear weapon use. We were not prepared for COVID-19; the only way to prepare against nuclear war is to eliminate all nuclear weapons, now. https://www.icanw.org/  #NeverAgain #nuclearban
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