Siegwart Horst Günther
Professor Siegwart Horst Günther (24 February 1925 in Halle (Saale) – 16 January 2015) was a German physician and activist.[1] He once worked with Albert Schweitzer in Africa. He was a prominent proponent of the disputed claim that the use of depleted uranium in munitions causes cancers, birth defects and other pathologies. In 2007 the Nuclear-Free Future Award honored for the third time Prof. Günther for refusing to back down to pressure and for visiting Iraq to study the real-life consequences of depleted uranium use.[2]
See also[]
- Nuclear-Free Future Award
- Hartmut Gründler
- The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium, and the Dying Children—An award-winning documentary film produced for German television, streaming on GoogleVideo
- An obituary of Günther from the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons
References[]
- ^ "Nachruf — Prof. Siegwart-Horst Günther, * 24.Februar 1925 † 16. Januar 2015" (in German). International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ 2007 Nuclear-Free Future Award, Salzburg, Austria
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- 1925 births
- 2015 deaths
- German anti–nuclear weapons activists
- Physicians from Saxony-Anhalt
- German activists
- People from Halle (Saale)
- German medical biography stubs