Our air, our food, our water, and many of the daily items we use and touch -- from children's toys to cash register receipts -- are laced with toxic chemicals. How do we rid our world of this onslaught of toxic objects? With the aim of achieving a cleaner, healthier world, PSR and its many allies have pursued a variety of approaches, from banning individual chemicals known to be harmful, to promoting "green chemistry," to federal legislative reform. Are we on the right track? What's the most effective way to reduce our reliance on poisonous products? To hear the views of leading toxics researchers and advocates, check out this month's Environmental Health Policy Institute.
PSR doctors flew to Washington from 6 states to present the Obama Administration with a petition signed by 850 health professionals about the toxic dangers posed by unregulated coal ash disposal. They delivered the petition to the EPA and the President's Council on Environmental Quality and called for a health-protective coal ash rule. The doctors also held a Senate briefing and met with key senators, urging them to defeat an amendment to the Transportation bill that would essentially ban the EPA from regulating toxic coal ash.
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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 Our remaining challenge is to make sure this report’s findings drive a fundamental rethinking of our nation’s outdated and dangerous nuclear policy.
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 »Maye Thompson of Oregon PSR explains the health effects of coal dust.
Source: The Portland TribuneIn a major blow to the nuclear industry, the Iowa Legislature adjourned without passing a bill that would pave the way for MidAmerican Energy to charge ratepayers in advance for new nuclear reactor construction. PSR was among groups working in opposition to the bill.
Source: Iowa City Press CitizenAn op-ed co-authored by PSR board member Dr. Ira Helfand on the danger of nuclear famine.
Source: CNNIn recent weeks, we have all been reminded why the conclusions of PSR's Nuclear Famine Report are a real and present danger. 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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Red carpet awards for toxic chemicals, presented by PSR-Los Angeles, June 24, 2012.
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