A watan Mayu na 1957, aiki tare da Jami'ar Washington a St. Louis farfesa Barry Commoner, Pauling ya fara rarraba takarda a tsakanin masana kimiyya don dakatar da gwajin nukiliya. A ranar 15 ga Janairu, 1958, Pauling da matarsa sun gabatar da takarda ga Sakatare Janar na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Hammarskjöld suna kira da a kawo karshen gwajin makaman nukiliya. An sanya hannu ne da masana kimiyya 11,021 da ke wakiltar kasashe hamsin. A watan Fabrairun 1958, Paul ya shiga cikin muhawara ta talabijin tare da masanin kimiyyar atomatik Edward Teller game da ainihin yiwuwar haifar da fallout.
Shekara ta 1958