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  • PSR DC Metro Area Chapter Hosts a Showing of "A Walk in the Woods" Play

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning play details an exchange between a U.S. and Soviet Union negotiator for a nuclear arms control agreement. With increasing interest in the international community in nuclear disarmament, the play's perspective on the politics of these negotiations is timely.

    Watch this video of the discussion held after the play, led by nuclear weapons negotiator Ed Ifft, PhD and DC Chapter president Dr. Mohammad Khalid.

  • Check Out PSR’s New Climate Change Flyer!

    Summarizing the health impacts of the ~1.4 degree average temperature increase over the past century, this great resource developed by PSR volunteers Bruni Estrada and Daniel Pizarro tells the basic story of climate change; from what is happening and how humans are causing it, to what we can do to turn the tide on the climate crisis.

  • In Protecting Us from Dangerous Chemicals, States Take the Lead

    Toxic chemicals in everyday items like soup cans and shampoo expose us to the risk of cancers, birth defects and other bodily harm. Why isn't there government action to keep toxic chemicals out of household products? Commendable efforts like the Safe Chemicals Act of 2013 languish in Congress, stalemated by partisan gridlock. The real action is in the states, where health and consumer advocates are bringing forward proposals to phase out dangerous chemicals -- and winning! Read about their efforts in this month's Environmental Health Policy Institute.

  • Climate Change and Extreme Weather

    PSR Executive Director Dr. Catherine Thomasson recently spoke on the public health impacts of extreme weather from climate change at the Wilson Center in DC. Dr. Thomasson joined a panel of experts in explaining the effects of climate change on the environment and agriculture.

    Watch the video and download the presentations »
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Nuclear Weapons

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.

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Environment and Health

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.

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Safe Energy

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.

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Latest News & Events

  • Video: East Bay Lawmaker Wants Toxics Out of Insulation
    May 3, 2013

    Sarah Janssen, MD, speaking on behalf of NRDC and PSR, discusses the health impact of toxic flame retardants.

    Source: KCBS
  • Video: Widespread Obesity: Are Certain Chemicals Also a Big Contributor?
    April 29, 2013

    Dr. Susan Katz, a retired pediatrician, biochemist, and present Chair of the Environmental Health Work Group of Oregon PSR talks about some of the new research on "obesogens", the specific class of chemicals that appear to promote weight gain in humans and possibly other mammals.

    Source: Huffington Post
  • Audio: Political Perspectives
    April 26, 2013

    Radio interview with Oregon PSR leaders and essay contest winners discussing the Particles on the Wall exhibit, which focuses on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

    Source: KBOO

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