PSR and IPPNW’s new report on the global health consequences of a limited nuclear war between India and Pakistan has received more than 125 press hits worldwide including a major piece on CNN.com which has been recommended over 530 times. Please help spread the word. Our remaining challenge is to make sure this report’s findings drive a fundamental rethinking of our nation’s outdated and dangerous nuclear policy.
Some members of Congress are currently pushing to build a huge plutonium facility for nuclear weapons at the Los Alamos National Laboratory over the objections of the Administration, experts, and common sense.
Click here to find the phone number for your Representative and make a phone call to help push Congress towards a sane decision.
PSR is pleased with the new standards announced by the Environmental Protection Agency on March 27 to limit industrial carbon pollution from new power plants. Limiting carbon pollution is an important step in mitigating climate change and reducing the associated health effects that already impact the lives of millions of Americans. Add your name to express your support of this valuable step to improve air quality and reduce climate change.
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With the help of PSR Florida, the city council of Tampa, Florida has passed a resolution supporting a reduction in greenhouse gas pollution under the Clean Air Act. The resolution urges EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to enforce the Clean Air Act to reduce carbon pollution. PSR Florida President Dr. Lynn Ringenberg praised the council's action: "This resolution is important for Tampa Bay as it starts the much-needed conversation and hopefully pushes it forward."
Read the resolution »The nuclear weapons danger is real and growing: nuclear terrorism, proliferation, and thousands of weapons still on hair-trigger alert in the United States and Russia. Fortunately, there also are new opportunities to eliminate this threat.
Read More »Toxics and global warming create pervasive threats to health. PSR responds via chemical policy reform, climate policy advocacy, practitioner education, and “Code Black,” a campaign to reduce pollution and global warming.
Read More »The Safe Energy program focuses on protecting public health, taxpayer dollars, and national security by preventing the construction of expensive, dirty, and dangerous new nuclear reactors.
Read More »An op-ed co-authored by PSR board member Dr. Ira Helfand on the danger of nuclear famine.
Source: CNNDr. Andy Harris of Oregon PSR on the health impacts of coal export.
Source: The Oregonian"Scientific evidence is exhaustive, yet the flame retardant industry continues to deceive the public and policymakers," says Martha Dina Arguello of Physicians for Social Responsibility-LA.
Source: Californians For Toxic Free Fire Safety
A billion people at risk is just the beginningIn recent weeks, we have all been reminded why the conclusions of PSR's Nuclear Famine Report are a real and present danger. North Korea announced today that it would reduce South Korea “to ashes” in less than four minutes - a reference to their nuclear arsenal and willingness to use them. Last week, India tested Agni 5 which increases the range of their arsenal to include major Chinese cities. Read more »
Nuclear Famine: A Billion People at Risk
The newly generated data on the decline in agricultural production that would follow a limited, regional nuclear war in South Asia support the concern that more than one billion people would be in danger of starvation. Epidemic disease and further conflict spawned by such a famine would put additional hundreds of millions at risk. Read more »
PSR Reports Spring 2012
Recent activities and accomplishments highlighted in the new spring issue of PSR Reports. Read more »
Nuclear Power and Public Health: Lessons from Fukushima, Still Dangerously Unprepared
One year after the Fukushima reactor crisis in Japan, no meaningful progress has been achieved in improving the ability of first responders and medical professionals to react to a disaster on a similar scale in the United States. Read more »
Coal Ash
Coal, when burned in power plants, emits mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and other pollutants harmful to health, and coal’s post-combustion wastes contain a highly concentrated toxic stew of heavy metals, from arsenic, boron, and chromium to lead, mercury, selenium, and zinc. Read more »
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of nuclear weapons
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and reverse global
warming and the toxic
degradation of the
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Red carpet awards for toxic chemicals, presented by PSR-Los Angeles, June 24, 2012.
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