War grows out

of the desire of Agent Orange, 1961

the individual
to gain
advantage at
the expense of
his fellow man.
Atomic cloud over Nagasaki, 1945 Persian Gulf War, 1991

-Napoleon Hill
DEFINITION OF TERMS
R A D I O A C TIVE
P A R T I C L E S
rays caused by the breakdown of atomic
nuclei.

CONTAMINATION
a phenomenon wherein something is
“rendered impure” through any close contact.

U R A N I U M
a metallic element used for nuclear energy
HUMAN JUDGEMENT
CONFLICT
W A R

BATTLEFIELD
CONTAMINATION
HEALTH/ENVIRONMENT
HAZARDS
CURRENT BATTLEFIELD CONTAMINATION
is rare except for the so-called “little wars”
( civil wars and rebel fights in Africa, China,
and the Philippines ) usually in third world
countries with scarce financial and medical aid.

War rivals infectious disease as a global

cause of morbidity and mortality.

-Environment and Health: Impact of War

by Dr. Jennifer Leaning
FOUR PRIMARY WAR-RELATED HUMAN
ACTIVITIES causing environmental/life destruction

 PRODUCTION and TESTING of

NUCLEAR WEAPONS
 AERIAL and NAVAL
BOMBARDMENT
 LANDMINES
 DESPOLIATION, DEFOLIATION,
and TOXIC POLLUTION
 E X A M P L E S
RADIOACTIVE EMMIS
SIONS
World War II
HUNGER FOR POWER (U.S.)

PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS
RADIOACTIVE PARTICLE
EMMISSIONS
DAMAGE TO HEALTH OF
SPECIES
 MINEFIELDS
INHABITANTS’ FEAR OF
LANDMINES
NEGLIGENCE OF THEIR ARABLE
LANDS
MORE RAPID EXTINCTION OF
SPECIES
DESPOILATION DEFO
LIATION
INFRINGING ENEMY’S NAT.
RESOURCES
ECOLOGICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL
LOSS
AGENT ORANGE TECH
NIQUE

US-Vietnam War
HERBICIDES TO VIETNAM
CROPLAND
ENVIRONMENT POLLUTANTS
(dioxins)
HEALTH/ENVIRONMENT
PROBLEMS
T O X I C P O L L U T I
O N
OIL SPILLS

GREAT STRESS TO SEA

ECOSYSTEM
Iraqi’s ‘oil spill feat’ - 10M barrels of oil to Iran
 DEPLETED
URANIUM
(DU) C O N T A
SEPARATION OF
MINATION
FISSIONABLE
U R A N I U M (used for
nuclear
bombs) AND REACTOR
E X T R E MFUEL
ELY TOX
FROM IC
NATURAL
URANIUM
RADIOACTIVE
EMMISSIONS
 SOLUTIONS
SPREAD THE WORD to
Filipinos
CONSULT NEARBY
SOURCES (UP Diliman
Environmental Organizations)
CONNECT to HIGHER
AUTHORITIES (DENR)
Only when the last tree has been cut down,
Only when the last river has been poisoned,
Only when the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.
— Cree Indian Prophecy