# Ending Nuclear Weapons, Before They End Us

**Authors:** Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Marion Birch, Inga Blum, Peter Doherty, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand, Richard Horton, Kati Juva, Jose F. Lapena Jr., Robert Mash, Olga Mironova, Arun Mitra, Carlos Monteiro, Elena N. Naumova, David Onazi, Tilman Ruff, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Carlos Umaña, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski

PMC · DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.9200 · 2025-05-21

## TL;DR

This paper calls for urgent action to eliminate nuclear weapons to prevent catastrophic global consequences.

## Contribution

The paper presents a unified call from multiple journals and experts to address nuclear risk.

## Key findings

- Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity.
- A coordinated global effort is needed to reduce nuclear risks.
- The paper highlights the importance of international cooperation in disarmament.

## Abstract

Note: This comment is being published simultaneously in multiple journals. For the full list of journals see: https://www.bmj.com/content/full-list-authors-and-signatories-nuclear-risk-editorial-may-2025.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** atomic bomb (MESH:D000075067), Nuclear War (MESH:D000067398)
- **Chemicals:** atomic (-)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12257215