Doctors for Disaster Preparedness

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Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP) "promotes homeland defense and prudent preparedness for disasters of all kinds, including war or terrorism," according to its website. Topics addressed by DDP include "global warming, ozone 'depletion,' radiation hazards and radiation hormesis." [1]

DDP is skeptical of climate change, as the title of their web page on the subject suggests: "Ozone hole, Global warming, and other Environmental Scares." [2]Doctors For Disaster Preparedness was a co-sponsor to the Third International Conference on Climate Change , which in turn was sponsored by the Heartland Institute.

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

The registrant for DDP's website is listed as Jeremy Snavely of AAPS, with an email address ending in "aapsonline.org." [3] That is the website for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, which lists the same address as DDP. [4] DDP's Facebook page lists an lists

DDP President Dr. Jane Orient is also the Executive Director of AAPS.

Contact information

Doctors for Disaster Preparedness
1601 N. Tucson Blvd. #9
Tucson, AZ 85716

Phone: (520) 325-2680
Website: http://ddponline.org/

SourceWatch resources

External links

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/jun/04/climate-sceptics-fringe-political-groups

Sources

  1. Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, DDP website, accessed March 2008.
  2. "Ozone hole, Global warming, and other Environmental Scares," DDP website, accessed March 2008.
  3. "WHOIS domain registration for ddponline.org," Network Solutions, accessed March 2008.
  4. "Association of American Physicians and Surgeons," AAPS website, accessed March 2008.

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