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Steven Starr

Steven Starr

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Steven Starr is a senior scientist and nuclear war researcher affiliated with the University of Missouri and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, recognized for his detailed studies on the environmental and climatic consequences of nuclear conflict. As a guest on late-night radio, he has presented sobering scientific evidence that even a limited nuclear exchange could trigger a prolonged "nuclear winter," devastating global agriculture and threatening the survival of the human species.

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September 29, 2015: Nuclear War - Steven Starr

Sep 29, 2015
2h 23m
Art Bell speaks with Steven Starr, director of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the University of Missouri and associate member of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, about the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war. Starr explains that a single 800-kiloton warhead can ignite 150 square miles simultaneousl...