Doctor who survived atomic bombing speaks at Pugwash Conference

Doctor who survived atomic bombing speaks at Pugwash Conference

Masao Tomonaga, honorary director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, speaks at the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 1, 2015. Tomonaga, 72, is a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. He told the conference that an atomic bomb is "a weapon that targets genes," based on his experience of treating many "hibakusha" survivors suffering from leukemia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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