Report: 'Limited' Nuclear War Would Kill 2 Billion People

Study: Two Billion Could Starve In Event Of 'Limited' Nuclear War -- Douglas P. Guarino, Global Security Newswire

WASHINGTON -- A hypothetical nuclear war in South Asia could trigger worldwide famine and “probably cause the end modern industrial civilization as we know it,” the lead author of a new report tells Global Security Newswire.

Published by the watchdog group Physicians for Social Responsibility, the report, titled "Nuclear Famine: Two Billion People at Risk," updates prior studies on the potential impacts that a "limited" nuclear war between India and Pakistan could have on the global climate, and consequently on food supplies.

The prior research, published in 2012, predicted that corn and soybean production in the United States would decline 10 percent on average for 10 years. It also projected a decline in Chinese middle-season rice production -- on average by 21 percent during the first four years and on average 10 percent in the following six.

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More News On Reports That A 'Limited' Nuclear War Would Kill 2 Billion People

Nuclear war could put 2 billion at risk of starvation: study -- Global Post/Kyodo News
India-Pakistan Nuclear War Would Kill 2 Billion People, End Civilization: Report -- International Business Times
India, Pak nuclear war could put 2 billion people at risk: Study -- Economic Times
Indo-Pak nuclear war to 'end civilisation' with famine: study -- DAWN/AFP
A nuclear threat far greater than Iran -- Ira Helfand, CNN

WNU Editor: The full report can be read here.